9 days ago
Rod Begbie : Manny Being Manipulated - Outstanding (and lengthy) article by Bill Simmons about the end of the Manny era in Boston. Sums up everything I felt about the whole affair -- that it stank to high heaven, and I miss Manny as a player. I wish him all the best this postseason, and pray h #
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2 month ago
Rod Begbie : Manny Ramirez Likes Red Sox's New Blue Uniforms | The Onion - "I'm also happy that they shortened the Green Monster, and painted it blue, because that wall was too tall before" [via] #
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2 month ago
nelson : Keeping score - An appreciation of the nuances of baseball scorekeeping and how it influences game design
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3 month ago
Rod Begbie : Boston Red Sox - Balance ball - Bizarre event at today's Sox/Yankees game. Johnny Damon caught a hit before colliding with the wall and losing the ball... which balanced atop the wall for a good second or two. The photos are worth it for the gobsmacked Sox fan in the background. #
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5 month ago
Rod Begbie : The Best of "Manny Being Manny" - ESPN's Baseball Tonight runs down some of the best WTF?! Manny moments. [via] #
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6 month ago
Rod Begbie : San Francisco Giants Band Together To Score Run | The Onion - I really shouldn't laugh at this, since I now work across the street from AT&T Park, but... heh. [via] #
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6 month ago
Andy Baio : Improv Anywhere's Best Little League Game Ever - hopefully, they managed to avoid post-gig bitterness
adamrg : Best Game Ever at Improv Everywhere - I love it. Pure fun.
Rod Begbie : Best Game Ever - Improv Everywhere make a Little League baseball game into a massive event. Lovely. [via] #
philgyford : Best Game Ever at Improv Everywhere - Brings a tear to my eye. Another lovely, lovely event.
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Rod Begbie : Obama of Dreams - Obama t-shirts in a baseball-logo stylee. (Notably lacking in any donation to the campaign, though) [via] #
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11 month ago
Rod Begbie : SF Gate: Better with Age - Excellent infographic which certainly suggests that Barry Bonds's alleged steroid use may have improved his batting skills. [via] #
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11 month ago
nelson : Baseball pitches - Nice infographics
Rod Begbie : Baseball Pitches Illustrated | Lokesh Dhakar - Nice infographics explaining the difference between a slider and a cutter. [via] #
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13 month ago
Rod Begbie : papel-blog - My current-favourite Red Sox blog. "[world's saddest little fist pump]" is now a running joke between Joy & myself. #
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gleuschk : Dallas - News - Balls Out - How to throw a no-hitter on acid, and other lessons from the career of baseball legend Dock Ellis
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13 month ago
Rod Begbie : Magic number (sports) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - What is this "magic number" of which I speak? #
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14 month ago
nelson : Barry Bonds' legacy - The Onion writes the article I wish every newspaper had
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14 month ago
nelson : Barry Bonds, cyborg - It's not just the steroids, he has a mechanical assist too?!
adamrg : Barry Bonds, the mechanical marvel? - Was his record tainted twice?
Rod Begbie : Barry Bonds' HR Record Tainted by Elbow 'Armor'? - Yet another asterisk to go next to Bonds's name in the record books? It's very conflicting to be a Sox fan, now rooting for A-Rod to hit more home runs and overtake Bonds's record. [via] #
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15 month ago
Rod Begbie : Pickleview on iPhone - Live baseball game tracker for iPhone. Uses Twitter as a chat channel. #
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16 month ago
Rod Begbie : Sox win - Extra Bases - "The Sox ended their first half at 50-31, which was also their record last year." And we all remember how last year turned out. This is why Red Sox Nation is only cautiously optimistic about our 10.5-game lead on the AL East. #
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adamrg : Dynamic Baseball Salary / Performance Graph
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17 month ago
Rod Begbie : Sox caught by surprise by Rocket - Extra Bases - I remember Joy explaining to me who Roger Clemens was when he got a standing ovation as a Yankee at Fenway after announcing his "retirement" in 2003. Four years later, he's back with the Yankees again! S'gonna make the next Sox/Yankees series all the sw #
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18 month ago
Khoi Vinh : A Rare Unassisted Triple Play - Colorado Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki pulled off an extremely uncommon feat on Sunday: “In the top of the seventh inning of a tied game, with runners on first and second, nobody out, and the count full, [Baltimore Orioles batter] Ch
jimray : The rare unassisted triple play - Best part of this story? It was Larry Wayne "I'm a grown man and I insist people call me Chipper" Jones who hit the ball that made it all happen. Beautiful.
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18 month ago
Rod Begbie : weather.com - Red Sox games - Weather.com are now serving up weather reports for baseball fans -- warning you what the weather's gonna be like where and when your team is playing. #
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jimray : Real estate magnate Sam Zell is buying the Tribune - $8.2B, selling the Cubbies
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deusx : HUMMIN' SLOWED BY STRUMMIN': Guitar video game hurt Zumaya's arm - "Zumaya, 22, was known to play "Guitar Hero," a PlayStation 2 game in which a player uses a guitar-shaped controller to simulate the performance of popular songs."
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22 month ago
Rod Begbie : Boston Red Sox : News : Sox unveil Matsuzaka - The negotiations are finally over: Dice-K will be wearing Number 18 on the mound at Fenway come April. A snip at $102m #
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jkottke : Phillies pitcher Don Carman found a box of fan mail in his garage that he had accidentally not answered 15 years ago...so he replied to them, better late than never - Phillies pitcher Don Carman found a box of fan mail in his garage that he had accidentally not answered 15 years ago...so he replied to them, better late than never. "He lugged the envelopes down to the Naples post office, where he discovered that most of
Rod Begbie : A baseball player answers his fan mail 15 years later - Slate Magazine - Former baseball player finds a box of fan mail from 1991 while cleaning his garage, and replies to them! [via] #
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