Month: June 2010

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In Defense of Straw

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On June 21, 2010
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 mount my “great players should generally not be blamed for […]
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Group Dynamics

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On June 19, 2010
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 link. I have heard one plausible counter argument to this […]

Saramago

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On June 18, 2010

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: All the Names

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