Jose Bautista’s Bespoke Blue Gloves
Something from the 2010 season stuck in my head. Cito was being asked about Jose Bautista and a city and he said something to the effect of: ‘He likes it there, that’s where his tailor is.’ I can’t...
View ArticleBill James Interview
You don’t need to be a baseball fan to like the Bill James story. Actually, it may be easier to like him if you’re not a baseball fan. His insights still polarize people. Insights that overthrow...
View ArticleBaseball Writing at The Score
My first piece of commissioned baseball writing is up over at The Score’s Getting Blanked. It’s an introduction to the baseball teams and their narratives. Over the years, I’ve done a few posts on...
View ArticleOwl Pellets: Ex-Jaytriot, Horror Show, Dystopia,
When I left Toronto for NorCal, I expected to keep my loyalty to the Blue Jays. And I’m trying. I’m trying real hard. They’re not making it easy. It’s not the losing. I can handle that. I’ve handled...
View ArticleGood, Bad & Ugly: Giants Win World Series
The Good: The Giants won the World Series. No small feat. The baseball season is long. Not including spring training or playoffs, there’s 162 games. Every season bodies and reputations are destroyed....
View ArticleAt the Giants Parade with The Grumpy Owl
It’s probably impossible to write about this parade in any way that would remotely interest anyone other than a devout Giants fan and even they’d probably be bored. (A love of baseball does not...
View ArticleOwl Pellets: Garden, Drugs, Invisibility Cloak, Wall, Drone Games, The Trade
A baseball fancier in Toronto reacts to news of The Trade. If you follow baseball, I assume you know about the huge 12 player Toronto Miami trade last night. If you don’t follow baseball, I assume you...
View ArticleOwl Pellets: The Baseball Hall of Fame, Transhumanism and Drugs Issue
Today’s owl pellets will run the gamut (or try to) on the subject of the baseball Hall of Fame. As I try to keep this stuff interesting for my non-baseball fan readership, it’s going to cover some...
View ArticleBaseball, Eh
I love baseball. And I hate it. And I love hating it. And I hate loving it. That’s what the damn thing does to you. It gives you a bunch of weird feelings. It also breaks your heart. Not all at once....
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