Category Archives: Sports

POETRY AND BASEBALL.

Posted on August 13, 2011 by Philip

LITERATURE AND BASEBALL. Tony Phillips and Mike Marshall, who had long distinguished careers in major league baseball (they faced each other in the 1988 World Series), got into a fight in an independent league game where Phillips is still playing … Continue reading →

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ANOTHER THREE-BALL BASE ON BALLS!

Posted on July 16, 2011 by Philip

ANOTHER THREE-BALL BASE ON BALLS! When I began posting about everybody in a major league baseball game losing track of the pitch count, I thought it was a once-in-a-lifetime kind of occurrence. I posted here when it happened to Seattle … Continue reading →

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DIVING IN SOCCER.

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Philip

DIVING IN SOCCER. What percentage of soccer injuries in international games are faked? Apparently most of them. A recent study by researchers at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center of video recordings of women’s soccer games played at the international level … Continue reading →

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MULE JUMPING AND FOX HUNTING.

Posted on July 9, 2011 by Philip

MULE JUMPING AND FOX HUNTING. In this article in the Wall Street Journal (July 5), Douglas Belkin describes a mule jumping contest in West Plains, Missouri. he says there are dozens of these contests annually and that the contests are … Continue reading →

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SAND-CASTLE TECHNIQUES.

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Philip

SAND-CASTLE TECHNIQUES. Instapundit linked to this article in Popular Mechanics about sand-castle techniques. The keys to construction, as you may well know, are wet sand and compaction. The article has some photos of some tools that are used for carving … Continue reading →

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PROFESSIONAL SPORTS—THE SAND-CASTLE CIRCUIT.

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Philip

PROFESSIONAL SPORTS—THE SAND-CASTLE CIRCUIT. Sand-castle tournaments go back a long way. This Wall Street Journal article by Joel Millman about sand sculptures begins with the Cannon Beach, Oregon sand-sculpting tournament—the 47th annual tournament. The article says that ” the sand-castle … Continue reading →

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IS JOEY CHESTNUT AN ATHLETE?

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Philip

IS JOEY CHESTNUT AN ATHLETE? Over the Fourth of July weekend, Joey Chestnut “won his fifth consecutive Nathan’s International Hot Dog Eating Contest at New York’s Coney Island.” Instapundit links to this site, which asks: “Is Joey Chestnut an athlete?” … Continue reading →

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BREW MORE COFFEE AGAIN.

Posted on July 3, 2011 by Philip

BREW MORE COFFEE AGAIN. I have posted before (see here) about amazing occurrences when everybody on a baseball field—on both sides—forgot what the pitch count was. I made the analogy to the financial crisis where a lot of the problems … Continue reading →

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VEECK AS IN BEAK.

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Philip

VEECK AS IN BEAK. Bill Veeck presided over the only White Sox pennant in over 80 years. He brought back Minnie Minoso. They were contenders. And yet my father every so often would go through a stretch of mispronouncing Bill … Continue reading →

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VEECK AS IN WRECK.

Posted on June 19, 2011 by Philip

VEECK AS IN WRECK. Nick gave me Bill Veeck’s autobiography VEECK AS IN WRECK with the story of Eddie Gaedel. At the end of the first chapter, Veeck lists some of his accomplishments in baseball. For example, from 1947 to … Continue reading →

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