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THE AIRPLANE STORY.
THE AIRPLANE STORY. Lefty Gomez was celebrated for his wit, and there are many stories about him. His nicknames included “Goofy” or “El Goofo”, and sportswriters loved to tell stories about him. One I have been telling since I was … Continue reading
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HELPING A PITCHER BY TAKING OUT HIS TEETH.
HELPING A PITCHER BY TAKING OUT HIS TEETH. I learned from LEFTY that in the 1930’s “yanking teeth was an accepted medical procedure for a ballplayer who ate well but remained skinny.” In 1930 Lefty Gomez was a skinny 21 … Continue reading
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LEFTY.
LEFTY. Mary Jane met Vernona Gomez recently. Vernona Gomez is the daughter of the Hall of Fame pitcher Lefty Gomez; she and Lawrence Goldstone have written a biography of Lefty Gomez: LEFTY. I’ve read it eagerly. The book begins with … Continue reading
NICK IS A JOURNALIST.
NICK IS A JOURNALIST. Nick is now posting on the Southside Showdown blog, which reports on the White Sox. Here is the link. Here is how he is described on the blog: “Nick grew up as a White Sox fan … Continue reading
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BASEBALL AND FUNDAMENTAL PARTICLES—-CONTINUED.
BASEBALL AND FUNDAMENTAL PARTICLES. I posted here about the theory that what seems to be a table is “mostly emptiness together with sparsely interspersed particles rapidly rushing about; hence tables and other such common-sense objects do not exist….there are no … Continue reading
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KNUCKLEBALL PITCHERS.
KNUCKLEBALL PITCHERS. A knuckleball pitch is thrown without spin or almost without spin, usually by using the fingertips only. The lack of spin makes for random movement. It is so difficult to throw and control that at any one time … Continue reading
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THE NUN.
THE NUN. This is a post from Car Talk.: “Outside a small Macedonian village, close to the border between Greece and strife-torn Yugoslavia, a lone Catholic nun keeps a quiet watch over a silent convent. She is the last caretaker … Continue reading
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WHERE A BALL HIT INTO THE STAIRWELL IS A GROUND RULE DOUBLE.
WHERE A BALL HIT INTO THE STAIRWELL IS A GROUND RULE DOUBLE. I posted http://philipschaefer.com/2010/12/09/a-large-tree-in-the-outfield/ about the park that the Class D Sheboygan Indians played in from 1940 to 1953. There was a very large oak tree in right-center field … Continue reading
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THE MOST IMPORTANT EPISODE OF THE SIMPSONS ? (COMMENT).
THE MOST IMPORTANT EPISODE OF THE SIMPSONS? (COMMENT). Lee Bryant and then Nick drew my attention to this article on deadspin.com about the importance of the first episode of the Simpsons to deal with baseball by commenting on my post … Continue reading
A GREAT PHILOSOPHER ON BASEBALL AS A RELIGION.
A GREAT PHILOSOPHER ON BASEBALL AS A RELIGION. Mary Jane quite frequently refers to baseball as a religion for me. The South Side Sox blog called my attention to this essay from 1919 by Morris Cohen, whom Bertrand Russell once … Continue reading
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