tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post2052856192328079041..comments2024-03-28T07:19:18.670-07:00Comments on the joy of sox: After Arrest For Battering An Umpire, Player Given Choice Of Jail Or Fineallanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04673233312198832937noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-53439849683082645092021-11-27T05:29:44.179-08:002021-11-27T05:29:44.179-08:00Well, now that I know who Victor Davis Hanson is, ...Well, now that I know who Victor Davis Hanson is, I can add my loathing to John Goldfine's. Fields Without Dreams does look interesting. It got extremely positive reviews, notably by Jane Smiley in the New Yorker. However, with so much to read, I'll skip anything written by the author of The Case for Trump and The Dying Citizen: How Progressive Elites (etc) are Destroying the Idea of America. laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-80169374026609531892021-11-22T08:30:16.590-08:002021-11-22T08:30:16.590-08:00John, I have no idea who this person is, but I wil...John, I have no idea who this person is, but I will check him out with Steinbeck in mind! Especially now that I know that the claim that Steinbeck's politics veered to the right in his older age is a MYTH.<br /><br />Tangent: the agrarian ideal of the California Central Valley figures into season 3 of Goliath. I really enjoyed it.laura khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05524593142290489958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-22241704514839795262021-11-22T05:05:28.491-08:002021-11-22T05:05:28.491-08:00One game, to honor the State o' Maine, the Sea...One game, to honor the State o' Maine, the Seadogs became the Whoopie Pies. I'm not high on the name Guardians, but the Cleveland Whoopie Pies would have worked for me, though I doubt the broadcasters could have avoided endless bad jokes every time a player's glove clanked. "Another WHOOPS! for the Whoopies!"johngoldfinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09322562737172405323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-26835314833555703292021-11-21T15:06:57.313-08:002021-11-21T15:06:57.313-08:00https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/minor-league...https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/minor-league-baseball-food#:~:text=On%20occasion%2C%20the%20Hartford%20Yard,Or%20the%20Maine%20Red%20Snappers.)johngoldfinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09322562737172405323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-54794790760549078842021-11-21T13:22:46.859-08:002021-11-21T13:22:46.859-08:00Fresno Raisin-Eaters, eh? I loathe Victor Davis H...Fresno Raisin-Eaters, eh? I loathe Victor Davis Hanson and his politics and columns, but I was completely wowed by his "Fields without dreams : defending the agrarian idea"--all about raisins and the California Central Valley. <br /><br />Laura, I always wonder what Steinbeck would have made of this farmer's <i>cri de coeur</i>.johngoldfinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09322562737172405323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730822.post-85586653432874751722021-11-21T13:22:26.907-08:002021-11-21T13:22:26.907-08:00The Cleveland Raisin Eaters ?The Cleveland Raisin Eaters ?Paul Hickmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00144667244809443144noreply@blogger.com