I like Neyer's project of trying to define the eras of teams by representative players, and I think he nails the Mets. (It would have been amazing to think in 1981 that Joe Torre would go into the Hall of Fame as a manager.) To...
Month: June 2010
Wow. And of course Ivory Coast now has strong incentive to try to beat the DPRK just as badly. While I suspect that concerns about the DPRK team suffering retribution.
This is why so many right wing blogs tend to eschew comments. This is unquestionably my favorite: Agosto Pinchet had the right idea when it came to dealig with commies..
Nice tribute from Pierce.
Given the glaring factual howlers (which, needless to say. err on the Pain Caucus side the paper's editors have long favored), none of the claims in this WaPo story can.
Manute Bol, unquestionably one of the most decent, humane people to have lived in the past half century, passed away today from complications of a horrific illness that he acquired.
First, it was a goal. See here, for example; who is fouling whom? Clear in the picture, the world's greatest referee[*] has a clear view of the action as an on side Edu scores the third goal for the US. h/t Mark Devlin for the...
An alternative title to this article might have been "Russia's arms industry a pathetic shambles." Russia is to embark on the biggest overseas arms shopping spree in its modern history.
I strongly endorse Joe Girardi's "using Chan Ho Park in high-leverage situations" strategy...
Apparently I've been remiss in posting puppy pictures for the past few months. Some of you might remember this little guy, Colbert (aka 'Bert...): Actually not so little now:
Jose Saramago has passed. I discovered Saramago around the turn of the century, but have somehow found time to read almost the entirety of his English translated work. My favorites:.
The Supreme Court, to put it mildly, did not cover itself in glory this week when it refused to hear Maher Arar's appeal. (This is not to say that I.