Monthly Archives: June 2009
The bluntness barrier: watching language in the news
I was reading an average baseball article from the Miami Herald today–about how Hanley Ramirez thinks his pitcher should’ve plunked the other guy after he got plunked himself–when the article took a little turn to the left, a small unexpected … Continue reading
Filed under Baseball Conversations
Orlando Hudson, the swing
Here’s an Orlando Hudson card I made. I had almost no awareness of the O-dog pre-2009, and I still haven’t watched him play much, but what little I’ve seen has me well-impressed. His swing from the left side of the … Continue reading
Filed under Style
Just where the draft should be: my low key response to Posnanski’s critique of the draft on TV
Over at si.com, Joe Posnanski does a general bash of the 2009 MLB amateur draft as a television event. So, this year, for the first time, they tried to make the First Year Player Draft a television spectacular. They broadcast … Continue reading
Filed under Media Events
A little Biggio milestone custom baseball card fun…
In the continued spirit of Goose Joak’s custom card project, I thought I’d add another custom card. This one commemorates Craig Biggio’s 3000th hit. Remarkably, living as I have away from Houston for a few years now, I was at … Continue reading
Filed under Media Events
When an icon rolls through town: thoughts on Randy Johnson
Last night, Randy Johnson got his 300th major league W. I’ll only skirt around a conversation on the relative silliness of the Win stat, made all the more prominent as RJ watched his Giants reliever teammates try not to give … Continue reading
Filed under Media Events
