or, at least baseball relatedIf you think this guy on Grantland is a sanctimonious jerk, so what? Read it anyway. (I don’t think he was under the desk next to me in 1962; I remember doing this in the hallway.)…
Tag: Diversion
beautiful Saturday diversion / beautiful city, time lapsed
these things never get old (for me, at least)This one, "both striking and soothing"(!), is worth 3:08 of your time. Who knew? The city that never sleeps, can soothe. It starts with the Flatiron and pauses in the Meatpacking, so…
a non-Easter diversion worthy of Easter
or, today in kidney transplant newsThis quote is from a New York Times piece in yesterday’s paper that has nothing to do with Easter, or with religion, except that it is intensely apropos for me today, before I head out…
weekend diversion / Final Four edition
signs the apocalypse may be upon usAmong the bizarre elements of this AP story this week out of a kidney dialysis clinic in Kentucky: (a) that the pugilists were 68 and 71 years old; and (b) that the Associated Press…
Sunday diversion: this week in kidney transplant media
been collecting a few of these disparate piecesNote to self: follow up to see how this story about a high school pitcher about to get a new kidney ends up. Kid has done a lot, 10-hour dialysis sessions and other…
diversion / whether you are too old for this … stuff, or not
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…
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…
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