Baseball

“I wrote 63 songs this year. They’re all about Jeter.” Just kidding. The game we love, the players we hate, and more.

Culture and Criticism

From Norman Mailer to Wendy Pepper — everything on film, TV, books, music, and snacks (shut up, raisins), plus the Girls’ Bike Club.

Donors Choose and Contests

Helping public schools, winning prizes, sending a crazy lady in a tomato costume out in public.

Stories, True and Otherwise

Monologues, travelogues, fiction, and fart humor. And hens. Don’t forget the hens.

The Vine

The Tomato Nation advice column addresses your questions on etiquette, grammar, romance, and pet misbehavior. Ask The Readers about books or fashion today!

“Not the church! Jesus lives there!”
October 25, 2007 · 10 Comments

Has the Fenway PA guy always sounded like Reverend Lovejoy from The Simpsons, or is that a recent development?

TN Fall Contest: Congratulations, My Friends
October 25, 2007 · 80 Comments

“Needs: $0”
Awesome.

The Vine: October 24, 2007
October 24, 2007 · 52 Comments

Hi Sars,
Now that my beloved Sox will have to face off against Colorado, I’ve been thinking about how tough it will be for them to play there. It’s started an internal debate about whether or …

TN Fall Contest: Good News And Bad News
October 24, 2007 · 39 Comments
TN Fall Contest: Good News And Bad News

Bad news first: Claire Danes had hoped to attend the tomato dance, but play-related commitments won’t permit that. Which is a little bit disappointing on the one hand, but on the other hand, I was …

TN Fall Contest: Send In The Dancing Bears
October 23, 2007 · 30 Comments
TN Fall Contest: Send In The Dancing Bears

Thanks to Joe R for the graphic; thanks to all of you for awesomely hitting 89K today.
A couple of the remaining projects need less than a hundred bucks to get finished.

The Vine: October 23, 2007
October 23, 2007 · No Comment

Sars —
I was having a discussion about grammar with one of my friends (because that’s just how cool modern high school students are), and we couldn’t agree on a certain point. We were hoping that …

You’re doing a heck of a job, Arnie
October 23, 2007 · 39 Comments

I don’t know about you, but if I were in the fire zone in SoCal and I heard that Governor Schwarzenegger had called FEMA for aid, I’d be like, “You know what actually, we’re good. …

TN Fall Contest: Get Thee Behind Me, Colbert
October 22, 2007 · 17 Comments

With nine days to go, we’re at around 87K — just three grand more, and the mysteriously generous and generously mysterious $ throws in another $2,500, which would put us at $92,500. Which would put …

“Second prize is TWO years as Yankee manager!”
October 19, 2007 · No Comment

Finally getting around to my daily baseball-blog reads…
 
Bronx Banter on the possible line of succession (Davey JOHNSON?Wow).
 
Deadspin’s liveblog of the Torre press conference earlier.
 
Fire Joe Morgan makes fun of Buster Olney.You can’t go wrong with …

The Vine: Runner Fest II
October 19, 2007 · 18 Comments

Hey Sars,
 
I am in a bit of jam and while I know you prefer to work out in your apartment, I was hoping that there are some avid runners out there in your readership.
 
I …