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Bits and pieces, Nov. 9, 2022

November 9, 2022

♦ The Bradenton Times covers Baseball Memories & Dreams, a “best of” compilation of the Hall of Fame’s magazine for members, in this review. ♦ CBR.com deems that “‘The Simpsons’ “Homer at the Bat” is the Definitive Baseball Episode,” further stating that “The classic Simpsons episode in which Mr. Burns replaces his softball team with […]

Tagged as: Baseball Hall of Fame, The Simpsons, Willie Mays

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Throwback Thursday (aka massive links dump, continued)

June 4, 2015

Since I posted the first of these on a Thursday, which is known on social media as a time of reflection, I thought to make it a regular thing under this rubric. These are kind of fun; it’s like a box of chocolates — you never know what you’re gonna get. (Actually, I never understood […]

Tagged as: baseball books, baseball statistics, Brad Ausmus, Gabe Kapler, George Case, Life Magazine, Mike Francesa, Phil Mushnick, sabermetrics Willie Mays, Shawn Green, Stan Musial, The Simpsons, Time Magazine, Washington Senators, World Baseball Classic

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An ode to Homer is Extra Hot Great

April 3, 2012

I have a handful of podcasts I listen to religiously, mostly on my way to work. It’s very ritualistic. I start each Monday with Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me. From then on it’s Pardon the Interruption and Extra Hot Great Minis, a scaled down, one-topic version of Extra Hot Great, one of my favorite pop […]

Tagged as: Darryl Strawberry, Don Mattingly, Extra Hot Great, Jose Canseco, Ken griffey Jr., Mike Scioscia, Ozzie Smith, podcasts, Roger Clemens, Steve Sax, The Simpsons, Wade Boggs

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Homer at the Bat marks 20th anniversary

February 21, 2012

Where does the time go? This past Sunday, we celebrated the 500th episode of The Simpsons.(personally, I thought it was only meh). But Chris Jaffe over at Hardball Times noted that yesterday was 20 years since the softball-centric Homer at the Bat — with its own set of All-Stars — premiered. Among the athletes playing […]

Tagged as: Darryl Strawberry, Don Mattingly, Jose Canseco, Ken Griffey, Ozzie Smith, Roger Clemens, Steve Sax, The Simpsons, Wade Boggs

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Two American pastimes

March 8, 2011

Baseball and The Simpsons. In the latest episode, Grandpa Abe serves as a guinea pig for a drug that will turn him from grumpy to glad. In order to test the product’s viability, the phrama testers experiment with several variations until the seemingly find the right one. The head of the company wants to make […]

Tagged as: The Simpsons

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Forget Cooperstown, Springfield is calling

August 5, 2010

The father of sabermetrics, Bill James, will play himself on an episode of The Simpsons this fall, according to the OnTheRedCarpet website. I’m guessing he’ll be on for all of three minutes, but Big League Stew, a Yahoo sports blog, has some suggestions on how to beef up the “role.” • As a favor to Mr. […]

Tagged as: Bill James, The Simpsons

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