Variations on a theme
Posted on March 18, 2009 - Filed Under Sports | Leave a Comment
Read More..>>Preach it, my brother
Posted on December 7, 2008 - Filed Under Sports | Leave a Comment
From “Thirty Seconds with Jimmie Johnson” in this morning’s Times:
WHAT GOES THROUGH YOUR HEAD WHEN YOU’RE STUCK IN TRAFFIC ON THE HIGHWAY? Man, I’m so impatient. I hate it. One of my biggest pet peeves would be somebody in the fast lane not passing the car inside of them. I mean, you’re in that lane [...]
looking back/forward
Posted on August 1, 2008 - Filed Under Movies, Music, Sports | Leave a Comment
a few highlights looking back
Sunday: at the Lucero show (awesome), I got much happiness from hearing Ben drop some El Guapo referencesfrom one of my favorite cowboy movies. “For some people, lack of education may be their El Guapo. For me, Scott is my El Guapo”
Monday: Greinke + Soria getting it done. Good for real. [...]
5 Day Forecast
Posted on July 18, 2008 - Filed Under Mark Your Calendars, Music, Sports, Uncategorized | 1 Comment
Edit Friday brain attacks strike back. Royals & Hold Steady aren’t until the week after next. thxkbai – the managment
Friday
Possibly head over to my old hood’s Bookshop West Portal to see Ethan Canin (who’s latest earned a “fucking brilliant” at Jodi’s)
Saturday
I had been thinking of going the see Feist at the Greek Theater [...]
wanders, indeed.
Posted on June 22, 2008 - Filed Under Books, Food, Music, Sports | Leave a Comment
Joe Posnanski finds himself backstage at a Death Cab For Cutie show in Berkeley:
Anyway, beyond the obvious visual differences, and beyond the fact that the conversations revolve around Guitar Hero and the new Hold Steady record rather than Jeter Hero and how the hold is a bad statistic, it’s pretty much the same party. Which [...]
John Updike: Early Sabermetrician?
Posted on March 31, 2008 - Filed Under Liberal Media Conspiracies, Sports, Statistics, Writers | Leave a Comment
Joe Posnanski sez:
I’ve always thought that the patron saint of “clutch hitting is a myth†is not Bill James at all, but rather the author John Updiike. In his famous, “Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu†story about Ted Williams final game, he wrote:
“For me, Williams is the classic ballplayer of the game on a hot [...]
new words
Posted on March 25, 2008 - Filed Under Language, Sports | Leave a Comment
As a Royals fan, you (should) have a low bar, taking little victories wherever available. Why not use the 2008 Royals as a lexical learning device?
Or if you hear that Royals manager Trey Hillman KIND of wants to have Ross Gload hit in the No. 3 spot, you hope that’s a velleity.
Next thing, they’ll want to bet on games
Posted on March 25, 2008 - Filed Under Drinking, Movies, Sports | Leave a Comment
NFL & Drinking? Nah.
Read More..>>Short Attention Span Musings: Easter 2008 edition
Posted on March 25, 2008 - Filed Under Kids These Days, Liberal Media Conspiracies, Music, Politics, Sports, Television | Leave a Comment
Anyone else notice the heavy influx of commercial interruptions to March Madness this year? The one time I bothered to keep track, we had 9 minutes of commercials interrupted by 35 seconds of PT. Maybe DVR has spoiled me, but I was forced to tape the game and turn off the TV [...]
Read More..>>no bus stops
Posted on March 6, 2008 - Filed Under Kids These Days, Sports | Leave a Comment
and apparently some people have never heard of 4 square.
Read More..>>Baseball! Limericks! Go!
Posted on March 6, 2008 - Filed Under Sports | Leave a Comment
(As baseball seasons rears up, expect more links to J-Pos)
AL West Preview! Form of Limericks!
4. Oakland Athletics
To the Moneyball man go of all the spoils
The most famous GM on American soil
But this part ain’t funny
He’s still got no money
And a roster that’s filled with ex-Royals
Joe Posnanski talks politics….
Posted on February 21, 2008 - Filed Under Drinking, Politics, Sports | Leave a Comment
in an Andy Rooney kind of way1 (after reminiscing about Ambiorix Burgos, and pondering Gil Meche’s place in this crazy, mixed up world):
You know who has a lot of friends? John McCain. Have you noticed that? And no, I’m not talking about any of the recent talk. I’m saying that everywhere he goes, he keeps [...]
88 Topps
Posted on February 13, 2008 - Filed Under Sports, Time Travel and The Intergalactic | Leave a Comment
You had me at Gary Thurman.
Read More..>>A Good Morning So Far
Posted on January 15, 2008 - Filed Under Art, Blog, Music, Power Rankings, Sports | Leave a Comment
Laughed out loud on the subway at this line: “The Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James acknowledged driving 101 miles an hour on the highway on his 23rd birthday, and he gave no assurance he would not go that fast again.”
Happily stumbled across a new favorite blog, one-minute sketches of subway commuters.
If you like Granddaddy, you’ll [...]
Cut And Run
Posted on December 17, 2007 - Filed Under Robot Brains, Sports | Leave a Comment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAAgfY_NHzw
Read More..>>though he never played in pawtuckett….
Posted on September 27, 2007 - Filed Under Contests, Sports | Leave a Comment
Ladies and Gentlemen, submit your Barry Bonds limerick to the SF Chronicle and win $50 CASH MONEY!
A quick scan through the entries already online shows some slim pickin’s. Common offense are (1) a lack of creativity and (2) ignorance of the limerick form:
Cincy is red,
Dodgers are blue,
Intentional walks mean
“We know what you do”.
and
Barry Barry [...]
Words to Live by, Canadian Edition
Posted on August 15, 2007 - Filed Under Sports | Leave a Comment
Erik Bedard for Cy Young!
“Whatever happens, happens,†Bédard said when asked about his career goals. “Sometimes when you put a goal, you try too hard for it. So goals are overrated for me.â€
It’s funny because it’s true
Posted on August 9, 2007 - Filed Under Pain, Sports, Statistics | Leave a Comment
Joe Posnanski taking a breather from espousing the merits of Pedro Feliz (a position I heartily second) he pisses on the Jason LaRue parade — not that there is one, really.
Tangent: This year, in 127 at-bats, LaRue is hitting .157. That would be a 1 followed by a 5 followed by a 7. Now, many [...]
dumps
Posted on August 8, 2007 - Filed Under Crime, Sports | Leave a Comment
Buddy Bell out the door… Davies for Dotel… The silence is deafening.
Early warning signs?: “Toward the end of his senior season, Hand was suspended for 30 days for leaving the school campus at lunchtime to get something to eat at a local KFC.”
There’s balls getting chopped in the middle west. {via}
Read More..>>Non Sequitur of the Day
Posted on July 24, 2007 - Filed Under Sports | Leave a Comment
So that Barry Bonds, eh? cough–balco-cough… Hope he hits one soon. Get this all over with. And Selig, boy he’s sure a jerk. Won’t even flyout to SFO this week. (speaking of flying “is there a rule that Americans have to wear shorts and clogs on airplanes? Are [...]
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