Over at @HOVG: “Wisdom and Links” has Random Thoughts

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Over at Hall of Very Good, I do the last installment of “Wisdom and Links” before games start and I suddenly have more material by having five random thoughts. It includes the first and probably only reference to Hamilton in “Wisdom and Links” history. Check it out.

 

Over at @HOVG: Wisdom and Links returns!

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For the first time in several weeks, a fully original Wisdom and Links is up on Hall of Very Good! It deals with South Africa and the WBC. Check it out.

Over at @HOVG: Wisdom and Links unveils the secret passwords of MLB teams!

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Yesterday, the latest “Wisdom and Links” went up on Hall of Very Good. It reveals TOP SECRET INFORMATION from Fakey McFakerson about the passwords of MLB teams.

Oh, and also: Links!

Check it out.

Over at @HOVG, some dates to know this year

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Go over to Hall of Very Good to see the dates you should put on your calendar for 2016!

The Baseball Continuum now has a Tumblr, too!

In my latest step in the slowest and least efficient attempt at world conquest in history, the Baseball Continuum now has a Tumblr account! It’ll mainly be used just to provide links to some of the best content on this blog, but there may be the occasional picture or video I find neat, as well.

So check that out and follow it if you have a Tumblr account.

Best of 2015- “Deep Dream” turns baseball images into nightmares

Originally published July 17, 2015.

Hey kids, it’s Hunter Pence!

Good old Hunter Pence, sticking his tongue out and diving for the ball…. now, let’s have Google’s Deep Dream take a look at Hunter Pence! It’s meant to show how a computer looks at things looking for images and such. So, what does it see with Hunter Pence?

73de0cc0-009f-41a1-b44d-4d2d3856baf7AHHHHHHHH!

wally_laying_down_1024x768Oh, Wally. You scared me there. I was worried for a second…

8944e81b-570c-4e4b-969a-99ca298e0725AHHHHHH! PLEASE GOD GET IT AWAY FROM ME, AHHHHH!

AP_arod_alex_rodriguez_tk_130805_16x9_992Oh. Alex Rodriguez, you don’t look nearly as demonic in person as some people on the internet say…

abfe74ee-00a9-4efc-8090-d8977989a9d9I TAKE IT ALL BACK, PLEASE DON’T EAT MY SOUL!

2213852Huh, a Dodger Dog and some beer. There are worse things, I suppose…

6901315e-5cb8-40b1-92fc-a3e51ad9ab3fNOOOO DEAR GOD, IT’S BECOME LIKE A HORSE-FISH-DOG-CTHULHU THING! OH, THE HUMANITY!

MrMetOh no…

6b4972dc-3704-4111-b4dd-646b607df3c8Nonononononononononono

8e903468-e4bd-43a1-8f7b-5fe8564aac6bOhgodohgodohgodohgod…

71955ed4-6ff4-4f76-ae9e-0d317d028689WHYWHYWHYWHYWHY

ac04c43f-60c1-402a-bafc-633b8429a4d8YOU MADE THE HOME RUN SCULPTURE WEIRDER?!?! HOW DO YOU EVEN DO THAT!?!?!

2af8eb9f-0cc3-4984-bf18-170e4346a1d6THAT’S SUPPOSED TO BE A BASEBALL GLOVE NOT A MANY-EYED MONSTER BEYOND MAN’S COMPREHENSION! I’M OUT OF HERE BEFORE I LOSE MY SANITY!

Oh, but the Art-Deco functions and stuff are cool:

41b181df-63ff-4b87-a5a8-c3622689786eCome back this weekend for Bizarre Baseball Culture, and until then experiment with the Deep Dream stuff over at Dreamscope.

Over at @HOVG: The Best links of 2015!

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Head on over to Hall of Very Good to see the best baseball links of 2015, and make sure to come back here to the Baseball Continuum in the last two days of the year for reposts of some of the best things posted here in 2015!

Over at @HOVG: Merry Rickeymas!

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It’s the annual celebration of Rickeymas over at the Hall of Very Good! So check it out!

Over at @HOVG, I pitch a Star Wars movie made up entirely of baseball names

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Over at Hall of Very Good, my latest went up yesterday. It’s about how you could probably pitch a pretty good Star Wars movie using only baseball names for characters and locations.

Check it out.

Links this week at @HOVG!

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Click here for the latest links at Hall of Very Good!