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What Baseball Might Tell Homeland Security: The High Risks of Sloppy Induction

John Harris — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:08:57 +0000

The truth is that several such saboteurs as the infamous Underwear Bomber have been foiled only by their own incompetence and by the vigilance of private citizens—not by this contradictory system’s “efficiency”. Of the many talents useful for living in the twenty-first century which I lack, one is clearly a facility for creating catchy acronyms. [...]

Let Mrs. Obama Eat Red Velvet Cake

Aaron Goldstein — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:16:20 +0000

First Lady Michelle Obama leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Last week, the First Lady appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno to cajole him to eat his veggies. For his trouble, Leno had to eat a slice of veggie pizza with zucchini and eggplant (yuck), baked sweet potato fries (well, at [...]

Success is Great!

Dan Miller — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 20:11:17 +0000

If at first the jerks try to stop you, try again. Congratulations, Laura!

Laura Dekker, a then thirteen year old young lady from the Netherlands, had long wanted to sail solo around the world in her twenty-six foot sailboat Guppy. Although delayed by Dutch officials she didn't yield and was eventually able to [...]

Hating Tim Tebow

Matt Barber — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 06:17:02 +0000

Those who belong to the world do indeed hate Tim Tebow. He stands for much of what our postmodern popular culture despises: sexual purity within the bonds of natural marriage, the sanctity of human life, selflessness, personal charity, humility and much, much more. I grew up in Denver and am admittedly biased. I’m a Denver [...]

Consideration for Cooperstown Revisited

Aaron Goldstein — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 01:04:12 +0000

Three more players I believe should be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Shortly before the Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) voted in Roberto Alomar and Bert Blyleven into the Baseball Hall of Fame last year, I wrote an article about players I believed deserved greater consideration for Cooperstown. (1) Well, the [...]

Why I Remember Ty Cobb

John Harris — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:08:27 +0000

Ty Cobb was always an outsider in his chosen profession—not only because he was a Southerner in the all-Northern big leagues, but also and especially because he was reared in genteel fashion.

As I sit writing these words, it is Sunday morning, December 18, one week before Christmas: the hundred-and-twenty-fifth anniversary of Ty [...]

Tebowphobia

Lisa Fabrizio — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 18:07:13 +0000

Fans love Tim Tebow. But if you read the sports pages, he is a lucky, muscle-bound dunce who is the tool of evil forces.

So what’s the deal with Tim Tebow? Is the Denver quarterback a miracle worker, inspirational role-model or the most over-hyped NFL player since Brian Bosworth? Well, it depends on [...]

Goodbye Tony

Aaron Goldstein — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 00:01:51 +0000

In which we bid a fond farewell to a modern Baseball icon. Only hours after the St. Louis Cardinals’ improbable comeback in Game 6 of the World Series in which they stood on the precipice of elimination not once, but twice, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported that “barring an eleventh hour change of heart” [...]

Why Moneyball is Off Base

Aaron Goldstein — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 23:47:49 +0000

Perhaps ex-bond traders don't know all that much about baseball. I knew I was going to have a problem with Moneyball even before I went to see it this past weekend. Now don’t get me wrong. It’s an entertaining movie. Nevertheless I had a problem with the movie and the reason I had a [...]

The Modern Roman Colosseum: Euthanasia as a Spectator Sport

Rachel Alexander — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 15:45:20 +0000

A disturbing trend has developed over the last few years of broadcasting the suicides of the weak and elderly in society for entertainment.

Last month, Nikolai Ivanisovich, a 62-year old Russian man with brain cancer, sold the rights to broadcast his euthanasia to BattleCam.com, a 24/7 reality TV website.* The proceeds were reportedly enough to take [...]