Manny Ramirez catches a fly ball, high fives a fan in the bleachers, then makes the double play on the O’s. Damn, that’s how to play Baseball. [ thanks, Sam K. ]
Some schadenfreude Pie, over here. Please
May 18, 2007 – 10:49 pm
May 18, 2007San Francisco 3, Oakland 15 at McAfee ColiseumSan Francisco Record: (20-21)Oakland Record: (21-20)Winning pitcher – Chad Gaudin (3-1)Losing pitcher – Barry Zito (3-5)San Francisco Runs: 3, Hits: 10, Errors: 0Oakland Runs: 15, Hits: 14, Err…
Mazel Tov, Laurel!
September 15, 2005 – 11:14 pm
Congratulations to Laurel Krahn, she’s marrying her sweetheart Kevin at the Minnesota Twins game this Saturday.
Laurel’s another of the first cadre of Webloggers from back in 1998. Her current web project’s TV Picks, where she points you at what’s worth your TV time, which grew out of her love for the series Homicide. She’s been [...]
10/27 Changes Everything
October 27, 2004 – 12:00 am
Andy Ihnatko (a very happy man when I saw him this evening) says Boston will now talk about history as before and after tonight.
My friend Michael, a lifelong Sox fan, reflects in his journal.
Let’s Hear it for the Red Sox Nation
October 20, 2004 – 12:00 am
Symbolic? We’ll see what happens. Congratulations to the Red Sox for winning one hell of a championship series.
Cracking the DiMaggio Code
April 16, 2004 – 12:00 am
Not bad for a boy from San Francisco:
History knows Joseph Paul DiMaggio as the great Yankee outfielder, yet scholars also know him as a brilliant inventor. To this day, we use his gravity-fed coffee-making machine. You pay homage to him, Sophie, whenever you sip a “cup of Joe.” As the fully ordained “Yankee Clipper,” DiMaggio [...]
Free Wireless Pleases Baseball Fans, Annoys Ballpark Owner
July 23, 2003 – 12:00 am
A local business created a wireless hot-spot for fans at Portland’s PGE Field by lighting up a section of the bleachers with 802.11 from their office next to the ballpark.
But PGE Field has Comcast cable as an official sponsor, so the park’s management has become grumpy. I guess they’re upset that Portland’s WiFi hobbyists have [...]
Baseball and the Winner’s Curse
July 21, 2003 – 12:00 am
Related to the discussion of Moneyball, the Baseball Prospectus considers the role of the Winner’s Curse on bidding on talent.
The curse is a side effect when bidding on something whose true value will not be known until after the auction; such as baseball players and oil leases; but the bidders have some information that allows [...]
Moneyball
July 20, 2003 – 12:00 am
Consider this: The Oakland A’s, with a payroll of around 40 million, win as many or more games than the New York Yankees, whose payroll is over three times as large. Why did this happen? Billy Beane, the A’s general manager, has discovered three things: Bill James, arbitrage, and that the intuition of a Major [...]
Baathists in Pinstripes
April 21, 2003 – 12:00 am
[ via Avram Grumer ] Everyone’s coming up with work for Iraqi spokescritter and eternal optimist: Mohammad Saeed Al-Sahhaf. How about a gig with the vile and hated New York Yankees?
I swear to you by all that is holy that the moon will run crimson with the blood of the Boston infidels before this night [...]
Robbins on the Climate of Meanness
April 16, 2003 – 12:00 am
Tim Robbins spoke to the National Press Club soon after the Baseball Hall of Fame cancelled an event celebrating Bull Durham because of the anti-war views of Robbins and his partner and co-star Susan Sarandon;
Thank you. And thanks for the invitation. I had originally been asked here to talk about the war and our current [...]
Bonds, Barry Bonds
March 31, 2003 – 12:00 am
It’s baseball season, and my friend Michael sat across from SF Giant Slugger Barry Bonds at dinner last Saturday.
Baker leaving as manager of Giants
November 6, 2002 – 12:00 am
Just when you think things couldn’t get worse, Dusty Baker’s leaving the Giants.
What next? A plauge of nano-replicators run amock, converting everyone’s libraries into copies of Left Behind?