In which I write Haiku-style poetry about a potpourri of baseball cards I found in a value pack. Because, well, it’s my blog.
1989 Topps David Wells (Glossy 1988 Rookies Card)
Completely forgot
that he started as a Jay
I feel great shame now.
Mark Buerhle threw a 2-hit complete-game shutout yesterday… which is a pretty easy way to get MVP of Yesterday. And, apparently, the reason he did so well and worked so fast (even by Buerhle standards) was because he had concert tickets.
Standings, as always, after the jump:
In which I write Haiku-style poetry about a potpourri of baseball cards I found in a value pack. Because, well, it’s my blog.
1989 Topps Jim Leyland
Young Mister Leyland
Managing the Pitt Pirates
Has a mustache, too.
With apologies to other players like Eric Hosmer and the tragic figure that is Tim Hudson (more on him later today), the MVP of Yesterday is David Price, who had a complete-game victory with just one ER allowed.
Standings, as always, after the jump:
In which I write Haiku-style poetry about a potpourri of baseball cards I found in a value pack. Because, well, it’s my blog.
1991 Score Steve Finley
The dumb Orioles
traded him and Schilling for
Glenn Davis. Stupid.
“What are we going to do this week, Dan?”
“The same thing we do most weeks, readers… try to find Bizarre Baseball Culture!”
(JUMP)
The Reds and Giants had a doubleheader yesterday, and due to a scheduling quirk and a rainout, the Reds were technically the home team in Game 2, despite it being in San Francisco.
But anyway, the MVP of yesterday is Todd Frazier, who went 5-10 in the doubleheader with 3 RBIs.
Standings, as always, after the jump:
So, earlier today I found this pack of assorted baseball cards. I, of course, decided that I needed to do something.
I, for some reason, decided that the best way to do this would be to write Haiku-style poetry about it. Because, well, it’s my blog.
So, here we go:
1989 Topps Cap’n Crunch #20 Kirby Puckett
There you are, Kirby.
No Twins logo has your hat,
No licensing deal?
So, I finally broke down and started reading eBooks. I dunno how I’ll do with it, since I so much like the feel of the paper page and reading things on a computer always seems to lead me to getting distracted a lot, but, hey, it’ll let me read some books I otherwise wouldn’t have read, such as this one: Cellar Dwellers, by Jonathan Weeks
As the name suggests, this book is about the crummiest teams in baseball history, ranging from the 1890 Pittsburgh Alleghenys to the 2003 Tigers. Each chapters is about a team, and gives some background on how the team became so crummy, some bright spots (for example, a 21-year-old Walter Johnson went 13-25 on the 1909 Senators despite a 2.22 ERA) and particularly bad players, while also spreading in some color about how baseball was at the time.
Overall, it’s a good breezy read, full of little anecdotes (some of which may be apocryphal, given old-time baseball writers love of exaggeration) and horrific statistics that further show how bad some of the teams covered were. There is even a bit at the end that features “dishonorable mentions”.
However, there are some sins of omission, with some of my favorite stories or bad teams not making the cut. For example, Weeks does not include Eddie Kolb of the 1899 Cleveland Spiders, who was a clerk and semi-pro player who was hired from a local tobacco shop to pitch the final game of the season. Seriously, that really happened, and I was kind of disappointed it wasn’t included.
That is a small quibble, however. Overall, while hardly a groundbreaking work by any means, I’d recommend Cellar Dwellers to anybody looking for a quick read about bad teams.
This book was reviewed using an eBook from my local library’s website.
You probably will have noticed that there are now more ads here at the Continuum. Well, that’s no surprise, as I have asked WordPress to move me up to the “optimized” version of WordAds, which means that the site will have more ads and (hopefully) I’ll get a bit more money. As always, I’d like to note that this change is not due to any type of greed but rather as a way of improving the Continuum itself, with proceeds going back towards the site, such as paying hosting fees, keeping certain softwares and equipment in order, and perhaps acquiring items for future Bizarre Baseball Culture use.
In addition, you’ll notice that the main header image at the top of the page is gone. This is mainly an aesthetic change to allow for you to see the newest story upon opening the page- otherwise you would have had to scroll down due to the space the top advertisement takes up. In the future, I intend on fiddling around a bit with the theme and perhaps reintroduce the top header image- maybe even a new one entirely- and perhaps get a better format for reading the articles.
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