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I was at my local YMCA doing my best to break a sweat on the nearest elliptical machine when I saw it right there on the mini-TV in front of me: Jose Bautista’s code-violating, Goose Gossage-irritating, ethically-questionable, racially-profiled bat flip. Continue reading The bat flip redux
Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose – Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, French critic, journalist, novelist It looks like the old school and new school are at it again. It was only a week ago that Oscar Robertson implied Steph Continue reading Baseball, boredom, bat flips and bickering
“The bat handle, for not more than 18 inches from its end, may be covered or treated with any material or substance to improve the grip. Any such material, including pine tar, which extends past the 18-inch limitation, in the Continue reading Book Review: The Pine Tar Game by Filip Bondy
So the Kansas City Royals have clinched a playoff spot for the first time since 1985. That’s quite the post-season drought. Heck, even the Cubs, Mets and Indians have experienced October since then. This might be news to those of Continue reading Delving into the hypothetical: George Brett, pine tar and a road trip to the 21st century
