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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!

The Vine: August 5, 2015
August 5, 2015 – 9:51 AM | 30 Comments
The Vine: August 5, 2015

Since there’s some baseball talk happening in the Vine these days, I’ll join in with a question for you and the other baseball-loving Tomato Nationals.

The Vine: July 29, 2015
July 29, 2015 – 9:44 AM | 27 Comments
The Vine: July 29, 2015

This is a different letter than what you usually publish.
Why do you think baseball is losing its status as the National Pastime?

TN in TN
April 3, 2014 – 10:37 AM | 5 Comments
TN in TN

The Conference on Baseball in Literature and Culture is Friday!

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 …

Heart Attacks
September 29, 2011 – 3:46 PM | 32 Comments
Heart Attacks

Wow. WOW.
I feel bad for Braves and Sox fans, I do. God knows I understand what it’s like to watch a team floundering (although, when you give up hope of contending in, like, the 1800s, …