it is not really about footballOn a crisp fall day like today, the time is right for … post-season baseball. Two NL games today, and I believe that the Tigers are also playing somebody today. So today’s diversion comes (well)…
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weekend diversion / a little baseball with a bittersweet curve
fighting against the tide, again12 games left in baseball’s regular season (11 if you are part of some Nation), yet most of America seems to regard this as football season. Sigh. For today’s diversion, a lovely piece from this past…
Saturday diversion / 50 years ago today at Yankee Stadium
not with a bang, certainlyWith a h/t to Hall of Famer @DWinfield_ESPN, here is a story about the final game played by the Negro Leagues, an All-Star game the year after the last season ended. On a related note, I…
Sunday diversion / baseball links edition
the only game in townNot to go all emo on ya, but Manhattan Loft Guy can be a snob about more things than lofts. Baseball makes that (short?) list. In a week in which the sports pages have been dominated…
Saturday diversion / Dad who can't multi-task
other side does not come out as wellTwo weeks ago I was diverted by the inspiring mom who caught a foul ball at a minor league baseball game, in her glove, without disturbing the child at her hip. (I hope…
Saturday diversion: multi-tasking mom
it has been a whileI have gotten out of the habit of doing the occasional non-real estate post on the weekend (so many lofts in Manhattan, so little time) but here’s one for you baseball fans. (No, it does not…
Saturday diversion / flawed sportsman edition
the best game, a complicated star(No, not tomorrow’s game.) Props to Andy Pettitte on retiring. It was a pleasure to watch him all those years, all those Octobers, and darn they are going to miss him. (If you are a…
weekend diversion / waiting for baseball edition
(still waiting…) It is a somewhat controversial opinion, but I still like Jon Miller. He gets a little excited here. Pitchers & Catchers in 15 days! (Is football season over yet??) h/t The Girl Who Loved Andy Pettitte; very indirect…
Sunday diversion: Sullivan channels Posnanski about … movies?
… without once mentioning baseballI guess I should stop being surprised by the breadth of Andrew Sullivan’s musings about the world as-is and as-it-should-be. Perhaps he surprised for the last time me last week when he (one of my favorite…
Saturday diversion: not an anniversary, really, but a good excuse
ALDS game 3, nine years agoYou baseball fans will know what I mean if I refer to The Jeter Play that helped the Yankees stave off elimination years ago in Oakland. In fact, I missed that play live (it was…
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