5 minutes (!) of clips not suitable for work without headphonesIt is never too late for a good weekend diversion, I hope…. I am not saying that I am too old for this … stuff, but Is should explain that…
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diversions of spring baseball / players & dumb advocates edition
a mixed bagThis time of year, all or nearly all of the Manhattan Loft Guy weekend diversion posts should be about one thing: baseball. But it has not worked out that way. This post will be but small recompense, as…
Tagged with: Arbitration, Baseball, Bully, Contract, Coward, Diversion, Lawyers, Ryan Braun, Sports Illustrated
diversionary Sunday: Ryan Braun is NOT “innocent”
not yet, probably not everThere are no winners in the Ryan Braun arbitration. Major League Baseball used very strong language to defend its testing program, while Braun claimed that the arbitrator’s decision fully exonerated him. Braun will not be suspended,…
Tagged with: Arbitration, Baseball, Constitution, Diversion, Drug Testing, Due Process, Fans, Guilt, Innocence, Ryan Braun
Diversion: was gonna do baseball, but this is better
30 lives saved, beginning with one selfless actYes, it is the beginning of spring training, but I will skip that this weekend. Today’s big above-the-fold front page story in the New York Times deserves a read. Truly. For more…
late to the diversion / birthday edition
let’s do thisIt has been a busy day, so I am late to getting a Sunday diversion up on the blog. Last year I did the obvious (linked to the Gettysburg Address). Remarkably, the Second Inaugural Address, delivered on March…
this weekend diversion is Linsane, of course
no choiceIs there a bigger internet sensation this week than Jeremy Lin? And not just from the New York media. Not that I generally have my finger on the cultural pulse of the nation, but it feels inevitable that Manhattan…
Tagged with: Basketball, Culture, Daily News, Diversion, Harvard, Internet, Jeremy Lin, Knicks, Sports Illustrated
Sunday diversion is not so super, unless …
you are a baseball fanI am reliably informed through various media that today is the last day of the football season. Finally! In honor of that, and the fact that pitchers and catchers report to spring training (officially) in two…
Sunday diversion / 20 days to America's game, boy division
you’ve been counting down, right?…So you know that the first day for pitchers and catchers to report to any major league baseball spring training site is February 18, February 19 for the Yankees, and February 21 for a hoping-to-not-finish-last team…
weekend diversion / world's game, distaff edition
that was a tough match with Costa Rica, wasn’t it?Even if you did not stay up to get the late soccer result from Vancouver last night, by now you know that the United States Women’s National Team beat Costa Rica…
a diversion, but not a light one / hedge fund 'winners'
some of my best friends editionA diversion does not have to be light or frothy, does it? If you agree with me (‘no’), then you might find this Matt Yglesias piece diverting, if not downright charming. He points to and…
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