Sep
17
The world’s silliest argument
September 17, 2009 | 4 Comments
Ken Rosenthal has a rather silly article on Fox Sports.com. (H/t: Amazin Avenue) In making the justifiable case for Joe Mauer to be the MVP, Rosenthal gets all snarky with the sabermetric community. It’s the usual tired cliches – bloggers living in their parent’s basement, mocking statistical measurements that the author doesn’t understand, fluff about [...]
Sep
17
222 years ago today
September 17, 2009 | Comments Off
Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play? No, you’re off by 202 years. On this day in 1787 in Philadelphia, the dratfers of the U.S. Constitution affixed their signatures to the document. After four months of intense debate, much of it confined to a sweltering room (the Framers refused to open the windows for [...]
Sep
17
Jimmuh
September 17, 2009 | 9 Comments
Ahhh yes, I remember being forced to attend the Jimmy Carter propaganda hour when I was a freshman at Emory University. And the folks in attendance last night were treated to America’s worst living ex-President reiterate the tired refrain that criticism of Obama is all related to racism. When a radical fringe element of demonstrators [...]
Sep
17
Priorities
September 17, 2009 | 1 Comment
You remember how for eight years we heard constantly that the rest of the world hated us – and of course it was all Bush’s fault? There were multiple problems with that notion, none the least of which was the fact that America remains fairly popular in Eastern Europe (hmmmm, can’t think of any reasons [...]
Sep
17
Shhh, the baby’s asleep
September 17, 2009 | Comments Off
Daddy’s “baby-sitting” for two full days while Mommy goes to work. Blogging will therefore be in spurts today.