Dear Nice Person Who Has This Week Repeatedly Googled For The Brand Of Baseball Bat That The UNC Baseball Team Uses: Let me tell you what, after three years of concerted Baseball America podcast listening, I can recite the DeMarini Demo House and Easton buy-a-baseball-bat-from-us jingles along with John Manuel whenever I hear them. The DeMarini…
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big hair and plastic grass
Y’all, if you’re a baseball fan who lives in the Triangle, get yourself out to the Regulator Bookshop in Durham today at 2pm to catch Dan Epstein’s reading from Big Hair & Plastic Grass. Dan’s funny and brilliant and knows absolutely everything about baseball in the ’70s, so go even if it’s just to ask…
interview: dan epstein, ‘big hair & plastic grass: baseball & american in the swingin’ ’70s’
I’m pleased today to be able to share an interview with Dan Epstein, who’s written for Rolling Stone, MOJO and the LA Times, to name a few, and who’s currently touring the country to promote his newest book: Big Hair & Plastic Grass: A Funky Ride Through Baseball and America in the Swinging ’70s, which…
baseball: columbus clippers @ durham bulls, july ’10
baseball: columbus clippers @ durham bulls, july ’10, originally uploaded by minervacat. Thirty five. I am baffled by the Columbus Clippers. They are very, very good — they’re dominating their division in the International League by a fair margin — and yet their parent club, the Cleveland Indians, are very, very not good. (The Bulls…
baseball: usa national collegiate team vs. south korea
baseball: usa national collegiate team vs. south korea, originally uploaded by minervacat. Thirty four. Our Bulls mini-plan has turned out to be full of delightful surprises; trading the tickets on nights we don’t want to use them — I say, “Could you get us something near the visitor’s bullpen, on an aisle?” and the nice…
baseball: norfolk tides @ durham bulls
baseball: norfolk tides @ durham bulls, originally uploaded by minervacat. Thirty three. The depressing thing about watching the Tides, besides them getting absolutely spanked by the Bulls, is knowing that these are the guys who still aren’t good enough to play on the really, really terrible Orioles. Sigh. My ball club, ladies and gentleman. We’re…
baseball: gwinnett braves @ durham bulls, july ’10
baseball: gwinnett braves @ durham bulls, july ’10, originally uploaded by minervacat. Thirty two. I think seeing the Gwinnett Braves play would be more interesting if I cared more about their big club and knew more about their farm system. But I don’t. Apparently this kid, Jordan Schafer, is a big deal. He appears to…
baseball: louisville bats (reds) @ durham bulls (rays)
baseball: louisville bats (reds) @ durham bulls (rays), originally uploaded by minervacat. Thirty one. I am terribly fond of the Durham Bulls; it pleases me to see so many guys who came through Durham doing so well in Tampa Bay right now. (Except for Matt Joyce, who is hitting .206. But I still love him.)…
baseball: gwinnett braves @ durham bulls
baseball: gwinnett braves @ durham bulls, originally uploaded by minervacat. If this were a “grateful” holiday, I would be grateful for whiskey, baseball, independence, shep., hot dogs, pie, and my family. All very American things! Happy 4th, y’all. Go out and celebrate as you best see fit.
yanks @ o’s, 2007
yanks @ o’s, originally uploaded by minervacat. When I was small — single-digited, in fact — my father taught me how to keep a baseball scorecard. I like to tell people that it was so I would sit still at games, and pay attention, but I think it was really because he knew how, and…
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