still baseball season, of course No need to get into a discussion of whether Mariano Rivera is ‘the greatest closer ever’ in Major League baseball (the 9th-inning [only] closer being a fairly recent development) but we can all agree that…
Tag: Diversion
diversion about nomenclature in a different sport during BASEBALL season (sorry)
words have meaning, no? Thoughtful piece that I missed last week by the thoughtful guy who has the impossible job of being ombudsman for ESPN, So what if ESPN refused to use the R-word? If you’re already familiar with…
Sunday diversion is spiritual but from an exceedingly political (and contentious) source
making strange bedfellows Skip this post if you get antsy when someone talks about Spirituality (as in “that weird stuff is not for me”) or if reading anything on an oh so lefty politics forum like the (infamous) Daily…
diversion is the opposite of the muck: a heartwarming story of staggering friendship
why do people do the good things they do? This story by Bryan oops Cave Curtis on Grantland is why Grantland is Grantland: The Stokes Game tells the story of NBA player Maurice Stokes and his teammate and guardian…
diversion is but more immersion in the muck
another stab at ARod, of course Having gone off on insincere Ryan Braun not once, but twice (July 27, diversion: the baseball I told you so edition), I’d hate anyone to think that I am soft on #13 if I…
diversion: the baseball I told you so edition
a new day dawnsThe big baseball news of the week made my jaw drop when it hit alert screens all over the inter-tubes. (No, speculation about Yankee 3rd basepeople does not qualify as “news”.) When Ryan Braun (and the toughest…
diversion: not in “New York City” any longer
looking back at what you can no longer seeThis one hit the inter-toobz a while ago, but the subject matter lends itself to a look-back whenever …. I saw it in a link from The Real Deal, but it was…
Tagged with: Business Insider, Diversion, Equitable Building, Gilsey House, Herald Square, History, Singer Building
diversion for baseball fans who need a diversion
(looking at you, NYY fans)I am pretty sure that the starting line-up for the New York Yankees on Friday night against the Angels of etc, etc California included 4 guys batting between .100 and .199, and a guy without…
Tagged with: Apology, Atonement, Baseball, Diversion, Domonic Brown, Jason Giambi, New York Yankees, Redemption, Scandal, Sports Illustrated
diversion: late score seals the win
believe it or not, not everyone is talking about it You know the setting … late in the high stakes match a guy on the visiting team scores in a most improbable fashion just a few ticks of the clock…
odd diversion from space
even if you have seen it before, worth another lookThe expression "winning the Internet" was never so apt as its use this week to describe a space oddity: the Canadian astronaut departing from the Intenational Space Station recording a music…
Tagged with: Astronaut, David Bowie, Diversion, Guitar, International Space Station, Music Video, Space Oddity
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