The Civil War was the caldron of America's pastime, the period in which several prototype forms of the game – the New York game, townball – were melded into what we more or less know as the sport today. Such melding took place in camps, where officers on both sides permitted and even encouraged baseball playing. But it also took place in prisons, mostly notably those in Salisbury, N.C., and Johnson's Island, near Sandusky, Ohio.Baseball Broadcasts Introduce Advanced Stats, But With Caution (New York Times)
Roger Ebert At The Baseball Movies (Baseball Prospectus)
Tampa Bay Rays Apologize For Mascot Holding Offensive Sign (USAToday/Deadspin)
Anatomy Of A Really Bad Call (Fangraphs)
2013 Staff Predictions (The Hardball Times)
Yankees' Minor League Affiliate Starts Brush Fire With Postgame Fireworks Display (Yahoo)
The jokes about the New York Yankees season going up in flames pretty much write themselves ...
And: Speaking Ill Of The Dead (Glenn Greenwald)
ReplyDeleteA Red Sox source told Sean McAdam of CSNNE.com that a trip to the disabled list for Lackey "could go either way at this point".
ReplyDeleteAnother bad call to add to the archives...
ReplyDelete"Another bad call to add to the archives..."
ReplyDeleteThat's the one he referenced in the post, guy ;)
I may have added that story after he commented (but before I moderated it).
ReplyDeleteHa! Looks like I picked a bad day to give up amphetamines... :-)
ReplyDeleteStriker, Striker, Striker....strike her!
ReplyDelete(Now if Allan adds the video of that scene I'll really look like an asshole!)
It is perfectly all right to speak ill of the dead when the dead are evil fascists.
ReplyDeleteTwo comments I saw today:
"If they went to Scotland for gravediggers, there'd be enough volunteers to dig so deep you could hand her over to Satan directly."
And "Ding Dong, The Witch Is Dead" has been climbing on the UK charts today. Elvis Costello's "Tramp the Dirt Down" is also doing well.
Wow, you really hate Steve Irwin!
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