Bill James on Ty Cobb
Bill James is mostly known as a numbers man, but I really admire his historical writing more. He wrote a very long and fascinating piece
October 17, 2007
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Bill James is mostly known as a numbers man, but I really admire his historical writing more. He wrote a very long and fascinating piece
If you ever want to see what a huge missed opportunity Ron Shelton’s movie Cobb was, you should read (or see a production of if
I always knew it would take a plague for the Indians to win the World Series. Cleveland beat the Yankees tonight mostly due to a
I cringe when I hear people say he’s the best player in baseball history. Tonight against the Indians with the score tied 1-1 in the
Your mom probably told you that life is unfair. Here’s all the proof you’ll ever need. Walter Payton dead at 45. OJ Simpson, 60 years
The Baseball Hall of Fame should refuse to accept a donation of the ball Barry Bonds hit for his record breaking 756th home run, and
Chris “Jesus”Ferguson bugs me. I’m sure he’s quite nice, but despite his desperado look he’s as boring as those books they made you read in
OJ Simpson killed his wife, he has a temper, he’s a moron. But there is so much slime involved in what happened in Vegas I
Supposedly, in response to his latest illegal escapade this time in the city of sin. OJ said “I thought whatever happened in Vegas stayed in
Well he’s shown himself to be a flight risk, but he’s also been shown to flee really really slowly
I always dug Kevin Mitchell, despite the fact that he was a little psycho, maybe because he was a little psycho. He was supposedly a
You have to applaud a life any time someone does something really well or epically badly.
There seems to be nothing girls like more than really sappy depressing movies where someone’s true love dies at the end of some tragic disease.
Lee Blessing wrote a great play about Ty Cobb in which the hall of famer lamentingly compares his life to a “goddamned Greek tragedy.” Cobb’s