Baseball

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

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

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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!

The Vine: January 10, 2002
January 10, 2002 · No Comment

Dear Sars,
Here’s my problem:
I have a friend I haven’t talked to in a few weeks. It all started with her giving me a birthday present, and me not thanking her for it within three days. …

Oh, It’s Blind, All Right
January 9, 2002 · No Comment

I have a good relationship with the doormen in my building. We chit-chat about baseball; we gossip about the other people in the building. I don’t tell anyone when I round a corner and see …

The Vine: December 27, 2001
December 27, 2001 · No Comment

Sars,
I have met a great guy — The One, I think, and he thinks I am that person for him also.We’ve only been dating a short time — less than a month — but the …

The Tooth Is Out There
December 17, 2001 · No Comment

As Wing Chun pointed out on Fametracker last week, Tom Cruise is the biggest movie star in the world right now. Everyone in the English-speaking world recognizes his face; everyone in the English-speaking world can …

The Vine: December 14, 2001
December 14, 2001 · No Comment

Hi Sars,
I need a bit of a point in the right direction, and from what I’ve seen you’re the person who can probably come up with the right way to go.
Six months ago, my best …

The Vine: December 13, 2001
December 13, 2001 · No Comment

Sars,
I have a problem and no one to talk to about it. Everyone I know is too concerned with their own lives at the moment to give a crap about what I’m going through. So, …

The Vine: December 12, 2001
December 12, 2001 · No Comment

Sars,
I need help with my husband and his predilection for porn.
There was a time about five or six years ago that we would read erotic fiction to enhance our sex lives.But as our relationship continued, …

The Vine: December 11, 2001
December 11, 2001 · No Comment

Sars,
When I was in high school, there was a guy that I had a crush on and I’m 90 percent sure he felt the same, but we’re both shy and never hooked up.Three years pass …

Grasshopper: “Ow.”
December 10, 2001 · 2 Comments

A few weeks ago, New York Magazine ran a cover story entitled “Yoga Now,” which purported to follow the author’s personal yoga journey after the events of September 11. Yes, you read that correctly. “Personal …

The Vine: December 7, 2001
December 7, 2001 · No Comment

Sars,
After several years in a relationship, I find myself single again and feeling clueless.How soon do you think you should tell a new prospect that you DO NOT want children?I think it should be out …