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Met-lediction: Is There A Curse Of Flushing?
April 13, 2018 – 10:37 AM | No Comment
Met-lediction: Is There A Curse Of Flushing?

Listen to my presentation from the 2018 Baseball In Literature And Culture conference!

Out With The Crowd: “The team leads the world in runs scored”
April 2, 2013 – 5:14 PM | 4 Comments
Out With The Crowd: “The team leads the world in runs scored”

Evan Jordan’s confident the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, California, Estados Unidos, Earth can win the AL West — but he’s less confident than some, primarily thanks to pitching. We spoke late last week about …

Out With The Crowd: “Pure joy. Gone forever.”
May 5, 2012 – 10:13 AM | 6 Comments
Out With The Crowd: “Pure joy. Gone forever.”

Welcome back to Out With The Crowd, and our first foray into the National League. Joining us is TN reader and Colorado fan Leigh Bingham; we discussed Jimenez v. Tulo, pantsless mascots, porous defense, and …

Out With The Crowd: “You are not Herb Brooks”
May 3, 2012 – 8:32 AM | 15 Comments
Out With The Crowd: “You are not Herb Brooks”

In this installment of Out With The Crowd, I talked with TN/baseball regular commenter — and level-headed Red Sox fan — BSD about Cherington agonistes, chicken tattletales, and stabilizing douchebags. We spoke on April 21 …

Squared Up: Wilponzi
May 24, 2011 – 7:24 PM | 5 Comments
Squared Up: Wilponzi

It’s not that Fred Wilpon aired out specific players on the Mets in his comments to The New Yorker that bothers me. Rather, it’s all the things that the particulars of said airing-out say about …