Tag Archives: Baseball

“Everybody Wants Some!!”

Posted on September 12, 2016 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Richard Linklater’s new college comedy, “Everybody Wants Some!!,” takes place over three or four days in 1980, but it may have more to say about growing up, experience, and relationships than all of the 2013 “Boyhood” … Continue reading →

Posted in Movies, The Good Life | Tagged Baseball, Blake Jenner, Boyhood, college, Dazed and Confused, Everybody Wants Some!!, Film, movies, Richard Linklater, Tyler Hoechlin, Wyatt Russell, Zoey Deutch | 3 Comments

New York Baseball, Part 1: Yankee Stadium

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: The Yankees recently played the Angels and your correspondent eagerly headed out to the Bronx to take in the new Yankee Stadium for the first time. Here are a few pics I snapped. First place I headed … Continue reading →

Posted in Architecture, Sports | Tagged Baseball, New York, Yankees | 2 Comments

Like Hot Iron

Posted on April 27, 2014 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: If one were to take the time to document a thousand instances in which Ty Cobb went out of his way to be kind to people, including black people, would this change his image? I fear … Continue reading →

Posted in Books Publishing and Writing, Sports | Tagged Baseball, Bill James, Christy Mathewson, Ty Cobb | 4 Comments

Linkage

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Harrowing. Comments are pretty spicy. Riffs for sale. Armond White must be the most talked about (and argued over) movie critic in the world. How gay. Towards a new art? How to take this as anything but … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Books Publishing and Writing, Linkathons, Movies, Music, Politics and Economics, Sports | Tagged Armond White, Baseball, burlesque, Gene Mack, Mark Dice, Metallica, twerking | 1 Comment

A Day at the Ballpark

Posted on May 27, 2013 by Blowhard, Esq.

Blowhard, Esq. writes: Went to a Dodger game this weekend for the first time in many years. A few random observations: The most annoying thing was the constant music/sound efx to keep the crowd amped up. There was dance music … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, Sports | Tagged Baseball, Beethoven's Fifth, Dodgers, Dostoevsky, Los Angeles, Mexican nationalism, Sportscrap, Vin Scully | 16 Comments

Ballplay

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: As I mentioned a few weeks ago, I’m currently enjoying a media blackout phase. Consequently, I’m trying to stay away from the television. Still, I sometimes have a nature show or something running in the background as … Continue reading →