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Is Life Ever Good Enough?

I use baseball to mark the passage of time. The memory of specific events helps keep me grounded in a world that often makes less sense than I’d like it to make (forgive the fact that I grew up rooting for the Dodgers):

1981 — Fernandomania; Rick Monday’s homer off Steve Rogers in Montreal
1988 — Kirk [...]

Links for 23 Jan 09

First off, thanks for the excellent discussion on fan disillusionment. You’ve helped me see the problem in new ways, and I’ve got additional thoughts that I’ll share as soon as they make sense. It’ll probably come in the form of a thought exercise — sort of along the lines of Kobayashi Maru.
Until then, we’ve got [...]

OBG08: Wolf, Prior, and Others

OBG08: Le Menu

Josh Bard/Michael Barrett
Adrian Gonzalez
Tadahito Iguchi
Kevin Kouzmanoff
Khalil Greene
Scott Hairston
Chase Headley
Jim Edmonds
Brian Giles
Jake Peavy
Chris Young
Greg Maddux

As a reminder, we’re looking for your individual best guess on how these players will perform in 2008. Attempting to compensate for other guesses that you don’t agree with defeats the purpose of the exercise.
Okay, enough with the lecture. Now [...]

Cal League Tour 2004: Phase I

This season, my buddy Jeff and I have taken it upon ourselves to visit every park in the California League. We’re old and somewhat responsible these days, so the plan is to hit two towns a weekend, one weekend a month through August.
The first phase of our journey saw us visit Lake Elsinore and Lancaster. [...]