Read The Inner Circle of the Hall at Sports On Earth. * * * A while ago, I did a post called The Willie Mays Hall of Fame, which had a very different point from this post. The point there was to say that when people start picking apart candidates over every little thing and saying…
Month: December 2012
Breaking Down the Hall
Read The Inner Circle of the Hall at Sports On Earth. * * * A while ago, I did a post called The Willie Mays Hall of Fame, which had a very different point from this post. The point there was to say that when people start picking apart candidates over every little thing and saying…
Exhilaration Gap
Not too long ago, on Twitter, I suggested that the “reality gap” between NBA basketball on television and NBA basketball live might be the biggest out of all of our favorite sports. Because Twitter only allows 140 characters, I never did get around to explaining what I meant by “reality gap.” But the great thing…
Exhilaration Gap
Not too long ago, on Twitter, I suggested that the “reality gap” between NBA basketball on television and NBA basketball live might be the biggest out of all of our favorite sports. Because Twitter only allows 140 characters, I never did get around to explaining what I meant by “reality gap.” But the great thing…
Design by Committee
I write a little something over at Sports On Earth about the three new Hall of Famers — an umpire who became a manager and then an umpire again, a Tammany Hall politician who wouldn’t pay DiMaggio, and a barehanded catcher who believed that the earth is flat — and talk a bit about how Baseball…
Design by Committee
I write a little something over at Sports On Earth about the three new Hall of Famers — an umpire who became a manager and then an umpire again, a Tammany Hall politician who wouldn’t pay DiMaggio, and a barehanded catcher who believed that the earth is flat — and talk a bit about how Baseball…
Who is at the Winter Meetings
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — As a father of two young daughters who care absolutely nothing about baseball, it’s important to cherish the few bright moments. There was the time I overheard my older daughter, Elizabeth, explaining to a boy her age what a closer is. There was a time I saw my younger daughter, Katie, trying…
Who is at the Winter Meetings
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — As a father of two young daughters who care absolutely nothing about baseball, it’s important to cherish the few bright moments. There was the time I overheard my older daughter, Elizabeth, explaining to a boy her age what a closer is. There was a time I saw my younger daughter, Katie, trying…