Our Memorial Day post last week garnered attention from an unusual source: former Navy catcher and Oakland farmhand Jonathan Johnston. In the section on Johnston, I linked to a Yahoo! Sports column by Jeff Passan. Johnston left a comment on the post, I responded with an email, an exchange followed, and before I knew it, [...]
Archive for June 1st, 2009
1 Jun
Nuke LaLoosh, With A Modern Slant
It should be understood by now that we love anything that has anything to do with “Bull Durham.” So when I saw this “Pitcher Profile” over at Beyond the Box Score, I knew it needed to be mentioned here. Absolutely awesome and amazing. This actually started me thinking: Bill Simmons used to write columns from [...]
1 Jun
This Week in Bobbleheads – Week 9
In the week just passed we have witnessed the debut of Matt Wieters with Baltimore, a President’s bobblehead stuck at customs as well as the Giants sending extra Tim Lincecums to their farm team in Norwich, CT (I got 5). Let’s see what this week’s lineup brings shall we? Florence Freedom 6/2/09 Barack Obama – [...]
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