Episode 2 of Passions in America drops today; I talk with the brilliant A.J. Jacobs, who has spent his writing life chasing passions — passion for knowledge, passion for religion, passion for health and so on. There are so many fun things about this conversation, but my favorite is when he talks about his own…
Month: July 2018
BB stands for Barry Bonds
Barry Bonds in 2004 was intentionally walked 120 times. This is far and away the record. The only player who has ever been walked HALF that many times in a season is also named Barry Bonds. He has the top three spots on the intentional walks list, six of the top 10 spots, the only…
The Soul of Buck O’Neil
To begin: Let me tell you the story again. We were in Houston, and it was hot. Yes, that’s what you call a repetitive sentence, but it was particularly hot in Houston on that day, and Buck O’Neil was wilting. There were only a couple of times during our travels together for The Soul of…
Passions in America Podcast!
OK, so there are way too many things happening at the moment. I’d go into it all but let’s be honest, it exhausts me to think about it. You certainly aren’t going to be all that interested. But I hope that as everything comes together, you will find a lot of it pretty cool. I…
The Novak Principle
The intensity always comes and it always surprises. What happens is this: I begin watching Novak Djokovic play in a big match and, you know, whatever, right? Yes, I like Djokovic. But I like a lot of men’s tennis players — Federer, Nadal, Monfils, del Potro, Anderson, Nishikori, Thiem, Zverev, on and on, heck, I’ve…
Here comes da Judge
First, you might check this out: I wrote something about Aaron Judge over on MLB. The basic premise is that Judge is having a weird year. He’s absolutely crushing the ball at home. He’s absolutely getting crushed on the road. The difference is striking — most of the key numbers are there in the story. This…