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- More Conclusions in Male Fantasy Sports
The quarter is over, and that means that Male Fantasy Sports is also over. Since I wrote up the baseball section, I should write up the soccer section.
The first book we read was Fever Pitch by Nick Hornby. The book annoyed me to no end, largely because Hornby comes across as an insufferable poser, bragging […] - Posted on Mar 12.08 to Baseball and Sports, Snobbery, The Real
- Conclusions so far in “Male Fantasy Sports”
We just finished the baseball unit in the course I’m teaching, “Male Fantasy Sports.” The course is a crosslisted English and Gender Studies with 14 students (syllabus | departmental description | photo of books at the bookstore). Most students major in the social sciences, but there are a pair of English majors, and three or […]
- Posted on Feb 08.08 to Baseball and Sports, Snobbery
- There’s a Rumbling
Whet posted a provocative piece on the divide between the White Sox and Cubs that couches fandom of the teams in a rather elegant bourduvian matrix. My final comment to the post may have been a little too glib, but I do think that there’s something millennarian about cheering for the White Sox. Cheering for […]
- Posted on Oct 26.05 to Baseball and Sports
- Go Go White Sox!
Congrats, Chicago. I was totally a non-believer all year long. I’m amused to be wrong. So far, I’ve heard sirens, car horns, two helicopters, constant fireworks, and some shouting in the streets. If things get a bit crazier, I’ll update here. I assume Jett will blog about Wrigley’s getting burned to the ground.
Jerry Reinsdorf has […] - Posted on Oct 16.05 to Baseball and Sports
- Signs of the Times
I received an email today from the Souvenir Store across the street from Fenway. I’ve sent them a non-trivial amount of cash in the past 13 or so months, so they like to keep me informed. Anyway, the text of today’s email begins:
Subject: Johnny Damon Bargain Alert! […]
- Posted on Oct 11.05 to Baseball and Sports
- Raffy Raffy…
At first, I thought that the news that Rafael Palmeiro had been suspended for steroid abuse was part of a ruse concocted by another Cuban ballplayer to ruin Raffy’s chances of making it to the Hall of Fame.
Then I figured Pfizer should drop him from their ad campaign—after all, what kind of example does he […] - Posted on Aug 01.05 to Baseball and Sports
- “The years when you have seen only one set of footprints, my child, is when I carried you.”
I, too, have no idea what is going on here. Four Catholic schools made it to the NCAA tournament this year, and, three days in, all three Jesuit schools have been bounced. Who knows what Palm Sunday has in store for the Augustinians of Villanova. Not only did the Jesuits lose, but they lost […]
- Posted on Mar 19.05 to Baseball and Sports
- March Nightmares
What a disaster. My bracket is in shambles. I’ve twice now SMSed Mik and Stas with, “It’s really a shame to see ____ crossed out so many times on my bracket.” Once for Syracuse, and once for Kansas. Now I knew Kansas was weak, but not that weak. And as for ‘Cuse… I was on […]
- Posted on Mar 18.05 to Baseball and Sports
- Baseball Is Back!
I will suffer any number of Jesus-laden interviews from other members of the Red Sox as long as the avatar himself continues, in interviews, to say things like this:
The only reason why I put some bling on my wedding ring was because I knew I was going to have that nice [World Series] ring… […] - Posted on Feb 23.05 to Baseball and Sports
- Money Is Still Just Money
So I got talked into a playoff pool. We get 100 units that we can use to bet on spreads or over/unders as we like. Today I put 15 on Seattle -4 and 20 on San Diego -7. When Seattle shit the bed, I put a second 20 on San Diego -7. I think tomorrow […]
- Posted on Jan 09.05 to Baseball and Sports
- Forgotten World Series Heroes
It is still difficult to believe that the Red Sox have won the World Series. Yes, whenever I remember, it still feels like my birthday. What’s best is that the Sox have been making fantastic moves all off-season—walking away from insane demands (Pedro, OC) and taking low-risk, long-payoff chances (Wells, Wade Miller). Furthermore, they […]
- Posted on Dec 22.04 to Baseball and Sports
- I Love This “Game”!
For years, people (myself included) have complained that the NBA regular season is completely useless. Since draft order is determined by lottery, and since the playoffs are three months long, what precisely is the point of a regular season? They could play eight games to square out the seedings, it seems. As a result, […]
- Posted on Dec 13.04 to Baseball and Sports
- Can You Believe It?
Yes, yes. I know there is an election going on. I know that the War Corporatists are trying to get Bush reëlected, and, well, tomorrow I’m going up to Milwaukee to do what I can to stop them. Still, this is about the remaining elation over the Red Sox—yes, I still feel like it’s my […]
- Posted on Nov 01.04 to Baseball and Sports
- SOX WIN! SOX WIN! SOX WIN!
Today feels like my birthday. In fact, I think it feels like every Sox fan’s birthday. Nothing can go wrong. Nothing is bad. Everything just sort of rolls. I woke up in bed today and didn’t feel like doing anything but lying there, remembering that the Red Sox won the World Series. I haven’t been […]
- Posted on Oct 28.04 to Baseball and Sports
- St. Louis Blues
The 1967 World Series is referred to, in Ken Coleman’s The Impossible Dream, as “the series nobody lost.” Coleman describes Jim Lonborg as just not having enough steam to make it through Game 7 on two days’ rest. Six innings, six earned runs just isn’t going to get the job done, sadly. As I mentioned […]
- Posted on Oct 26.04 to Baseball and Sports
