Another “Wisdom and Links” is up, so check it out for some good links, some quick musings on barnstorming, and bad “Too Many Cooks” joke.
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Neat Link: Cespedes Family BBQ
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While adding in the link yesterday, I realized that there was a site that belonged on the Blogroll that I somehow had never placed in it: The Cespedes Family BBQ. Run by two college students (Jake Mintz and Jordan Shusterman), it features their hilariously offbeat podcast (a recent episode dealt with whether it was safe to eat a baseball and how much Jake’s mom disapproved of the idea), as well as articles on various things, most of them involving their unhealthy obsession with Barry Bonds, shirseys, Yoennis Cespedes, and Backyard Baseball‘s Pablo Sanchez. It all makes no sense, and yet it also makes all the sense in the world.
Their Twitter account is arguably even better.
So, if my “Bizarre Baseball Culture” installments and weird eBay finds aren’t weird enough for you, check out Jake and Jordan’s stuff.
Neat Link: Chinese Baseball
A new link in the Blogroll: Chinese Baseball. As the name suggests, it’s a look at the nascent baseball scene in the world’s most populated country. This year (2014), they had their first professional baseball in several years, with a very short 12-game season amongst 4 teams.
Check it out.
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Over at the Hall of Very Good: my latest “Wisdom and Links”. This week, I look at the history of player-licensed video games, and also do my prediction for the World Series. Check it out.
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Now over at Hall of Very Good: a “Wisdom and Links” that features some musings as to how the Baltimore Orioles, despite being down 2-0, might not be dead yet.
Check it out.
The Latest over at Hall of Very Good: What’ll happen this postseason
Over at Hall of Very Good, you can see my latest “Wisdom and Links”, including an… unconventional look at stuff that will happen this postseason.
Over at HOVG: Pete Rose Commercials
Over at Hall of Very Good, a look at the commercials of Pete Rose. Check it out.
NEW LINK: Hall of Very Good
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Just a bit of minor housekeeping, but given that some of my work will now be over there, it only makes sense that I’ve added Hall of Very Good to the Blogroll to the right, as of a few days ago.
Over at “Hall of Very Good”: The First Friday Fun-a-palooza
Once a week, I’ll be taking some of my talents (or lack thereof, depending on your opinion) over to the Hall of Very Good site for the “Friday Fun-A-Palooza” (hopefully only a working title). It’ll have some amusing thoughts, some serious thoughts, and links to things you should check out.
So, go see the first installment from last night (since it’s now Saturday morning), in which I speak at Derek Jeter’s funeral, make a Indiana Jones reference, and bring peace to the Middle East. Well, two out of three of those.
Some stuff you should probably read
Some things I recommend you read:
On the new commissioner, his challenges, and the bloc that was against him:
- “Congratulations, Commissioner Manfred, and welcome to hell” by Steve Goldman
- Jesse Spector on how the Comissioner’s job is nowhere near as powerful or important as it once was or what people continue to think it is
- Jeff Passan gives his thoughts on the new commissioner, and how it’s nuts that his election was ever in question.
- Will Leitch’s six wishes for Rob Manfred
Other stuff:
- How a BayStar Is Born: Ben Lindbergh on how Japanese teams scout in North America
- An Out Of The Park Baseball experiment involving teams full of Adam Dunns, Koji Ueharas, Dee Gordons and Bartolo Colons.
- The bizarre tale of a man who claimed to be fixing games with Jeff Locke
- Hawk Harrelson is just the worst
The Baseball Continuum 