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April 6, 2020

Caple: The Overrating Of Mariano Rivera

[Draft Post, September 27, 2013] The Overrating Of Mariano Rivera Jim Caple, ESPN Before you bring the tar to a boil and gather more fe...

April 5, 2020

Against Cliches: Announcers Relying Upon Stock Phrases To Describe Unique Events

[Draft Post, January 2020] I have written of my frustration with radio broadcasts of baseball games, specifically what I hear as inadequat...

April 4, 2020

Where We Are

White House Press Briefing, April 3, 2020 : Q : Have the models changed? Have the models changed? Trump : I'd have to ask Dr. Fa...

April 3, 2020

Pentagon Patriotism & Sports Without War

[Draft Post, November 20, 2016] In November 2015, it was reported that over the past three years, the Pentagon had signed 72 contracts ...

Rob Neyer Is Annoyed At Baseball Being Used To Glorifying War And Nationalism

[Draft Post, July 12, 2014] Rob Neyer, SB Nation : [W]hat bothers me more than anything is how sports, and in particular baseball, have ...

"The Indisputable Selfishness of Derek Jeter"

[Draft Post, September 5, 2014] The Indisputable Selfishness of Derek Jeter Howard Megdal, SB Nation, September 2, 2014 He entered Tues...

April 2, 2020

Sabermetrics Is The Revival Of An Old Discussion (Abolishing Fielding Percentage, 1877-1886)

[Draft Post, October 1, 2018] The Newsletter of the Official Scoring Committee Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) Volume 2, N...

April 1, 2020

Hayden Siddhartha Finch Celebrates An Anniversary

Thirty-five years ago, something strange was going on at the New York Mets' spring training camp. The team had signed a fantastic, but...

March 31, 2020

Maybe Sometimes The Cure Really Is Worse Than The Disease

I’m a physician at a hospital in NYC and THIS IS THE “PPE” I WAS JUST HANDED for my shift. Our federal government has completely failed it...

Trump Warns TV Stations They Could Lose Licenses For Broadcasting An Ad Criticizing Him

I'm amazed that I can still be amazed. Every day, he sinks lower and lower. There is no bottom. The Trump campaign told TV stations t...

March 30, 2020

0 Cases Or 200,000 Deaths ... Either Way, We've Done "A Very Good Job"

February 26, 2020 : When you have 15 people , and the 15 [cases] within a couple of days is going to be down to close to zero , that's...

Michael Chavis Doubles In His First MLB At-Bat. Standing On Second, He Thinks: "Don't Cry"

[Draft Post, April 27, 2019] Michael Chavis made his major league debut on April 20, pinch-hitting and hitting a double. Last Tuesday, he ...

Almost Two Months Ago (Early February), With The US's Supply Of Emergency Equipment "Depleted", Trump Cut A Request For Emergency Mask Funds By 75%

Only one month ago (February 29), Donald Trump said : I think it's always good to be prepared. I think it's always good. But we ar...

March 29, 2020

A New Book About 1918, Babe Ruth, Influenza, And The Great War

Should I be concerned that I have quoted The National Review twice in the last five weeks? Dan McLaughlin, National Review, March 29, 202...

"President Trump Is A Ratings Hit ... [Daily Briefings Have] Roughly The Viewership Of The Season Finale Of 'The Bachelor'. Numbers Are Continuing To Rise ... Audience Is Expanding ... Astounding" ... As Trump Writes, Tweets This Important News, Covid-19 Cases In The US Have Exceeded 135,000, With 2,400+ Deaths

Covid-19 cases and deaths are skyrocketing, with no end in sight. USA CASES DEATHS March 15 7,473 115 March ...

March 28, 2020

Donald Trump Is Calling Alex Rodriguez (From The Oval Office) For Covid-19 Advice

April 1 came four days early this year. Sarah Al-Arshani, Business Insider, March 28, 2020 : President Donald Trump apparently called...

March 27, 2020

Death Works 24 Hours A Day

I was born and raised in Vermont. I lived the first 42 of my 56 years in Vermont and New York. The majority of readers of this blog live in ...

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