Tag Archives: baseball

Chicago Diary

Posted on August 23, 2010 by

Quote of the Day: “Now one and one is two, two and two is four I’m heavy loaded baby, I’m booked, I gotta go Cryin’ baby, honey don’t you want to go? Back to the land of California1, to my … Continue reading →

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Pilgrimage

Posted on August 20, 2010 by

Great seats, hey buddy? – Posted using MobyPicture.com

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Competitive Travellin’

Posted on August 15, 2010 by

Quote of the Day: “Once you have traveled, the voyage never ends, but is played out over and over again in the quietest chambers. The mind can never break off from the journey.” –Pat Conroy TB was once accused by … Continue reading →

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Gone

Posted on July 7, 2010 by

Quote of the Day: Reading isn’t good for a ballplayer. Not good for his eyes. If my eyes went bad even a little bit I couldn’t hit home runs. So I gave up reading. –Babe Ruth The boy stood in … Continue reading →

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Luck and Logic

Posted on June 16, 2010 by

Quote of the Day: “We talked into the night. The kind of talk that seemed important until you discover girls.” –the writer, Stand By Me The two boys laid flat on the roof and stared up at the endless black … Continue reading →

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The Imperfect Game

Posted on June 3, 2010 by

Quote of the Day: “Baseball fits America well because it expresses our longing for the rule of law while licensing our resentment of law givers.” –A. Bartlett Giametti Armando Galarraga of the Detroit Tigers pitched one of the twenty-one greatest … Continue reading →

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The Unvarnished Truth About How I (not TB) Got Famous One Time

Posted on October 22, 2009 by

Quote of the Day: “Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.” –Napoleon Bonaparte From the age of 6 up through 16, this guy ….. ….was a pretty dang good baseball player. After that, well, lets just say I needed my … Continue reading →

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Can’t. Focus. (But Thursday Pickin Starts in One Week!)

Posted on August 27, 2009 by

Quote of the Day: “Umpires would be natural Republicans–dead to human feelings.” –George Will, from Men at Work (1990) TB stopped yesterday at the gas station to satisfy a craving for Hostess cupcakes. Nothing else would do. After I wolfishly … Continue reading →

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The Uniforms List

Posted on June 8, 2009 by

Quote of the Day:     “I love doubleheaders. That way I get to keep my uniform on longer.”     –Tommy Lasorda TB’s got a couple of ideas floating around the noggin for essays this week, but being that its Monday … Continue reading →

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And The Crowd Goes Wild!

Posted on April 26, 2009 by

Quote of the Day:     “How about that?!”     –the great Mel Allen TB’s been up in Oxford all weekend. I went to see Robert Earl Keen play Friday night and then spent all day Saturday at the Double Decker … Continue reading →

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