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It’s Monday again? Damn
April 23, 2008 by
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It is officially inevitable. As Sunday nights dwindle away, I can only lament putting so many things off until the last few hours of the weekend. Everything important gets done, and I typically awake on Monday in decent shape. But it sure would be nice to go into slack mode around...
Sunday night scrambling
April 02, 2008 by
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As Brad will freely attest to, Sunday nights often result in a mix of frivolous activity combined with an inevitable deadline mentality. I am just now turning the corner on my night, but face an unrealistic set of circumstances involving my love of TV with “have-to-do stuff...
Book idea
April 02, 2008 by
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Sometime I’d like to compile a book about strange NBA/ABA characters. There have been some doozies. I love to listen to Bob Costas talk about his time calling games for the Spirits of St. Louis, whose best players were Marvin Barnes, Moses Malone and Maurcie Lucas, in the mid...
Juicy balls, not players
April 02, 2008 by
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In a Stat Guy column for the KC Star a couple of years ago — sorry, I can’t remember which one — I recall noting that across a variety of metrics, there was a sea change in baseball between the 1992 and ‘93 seasons. Defensive efficiencies dropped, home run rates...
Deadline pressure
April 02, 2008 by
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I’ve had to take a short sabbatical from blogging as I try to finish up some more pieces for Basketball Prospectus and also meet a Friday deadline to submit a short story to the Nelson Algren awards.
Algren was an interesting guy, a blue-collar type of author that sprang from...
Nice ….
April 02, 2008 by
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This story made me smile:
“The NFL announced today that the 2008 season will kick-off on Thursday, Sep. 4th — the same night John McCain is set to accept the GOP nomination at the convention in the Twin Cities. Per ESPN, the game will start 90 minutes earlier because...
Bracket racket: Homebound good times
March 28, 2008 by
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The NCAA Tournament is only minutes away and I am very excited. I usually am, but this year I have watched a lot of college basketball, particularly after February 1st (football season) and know the teams pretty well. But
Winter wonderland of hoops
March 15, 2008 by
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There are only 300 days left in 2008. 66 down … The older I get, the more I seem to fall in love with winter. So it was with abundant exhilaration that I tightly followed the 10 inches of snow we received on Tuesday. I'm still reeling from this fantastic development, which...
Harrowing experiences are not enjoyable
March 14, 2008 by
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After grinding through the past 4 days, I very much looked forward to a few frivolous hours of free time activities on Wednesday night. This is actually still the case, and somewhat in progress. But my enjoyment has rapidly gone from one extreme to another over the past 67 minutes...
A Giant upset
March 12, 2008 by
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Well, after that Super Bowl, you could have knocked me over with a feather. Obviously, I didn’t see that one coming, though I did nail the Giants’ 17 points. (That’s a joke.) It was stunning to see the Giants batter Tom Brady time and again. But that just goes to...
Reflections on 81
March 12, 2008 by
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I began the Raptors-Lakers game a short while ago and Kobe Bryant promptly dropped three 3s, reminding me of his 81-point game. That game is still hard to fathom, and I wish that I would have been able to consume the action without any corruption on that night. Assuming my...
Shaq attacked
March 11, 2008 by
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I am stoked about the Shaquille O’Neal trade and I don’t know why. I just think it’s going to be really cool to see how it all fits together. Oh, that’s not say that I think it was good idea. In fact, it’s just the type of move you’d expect a rookie...
Midwest hoops frenzy, Sunday struggling
March 10, 2008 by
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Saturday turned into quite a Midwest basketball extravaganza for me and my friend Jeremy. I was lucky enough to have full access to my company’s suite for the MVC Tournament semifinals. While watching the live action on the floor of Scottrade Center, we also had the suite TVs...
Hard rain IS falling
March 05, 2008 by
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The President gave his last State of the Union chat last night amid the ever-increasing signs of econominc chaos. Bush pushed more vague recovery concepts that are useless and feeble. That tax rebate they announced last week? Most people are going to send it straight to the credit...
Winter: Keep bringing it on
March 05, 2008 by
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Cajun food! In preparation for The Taste of Soulard and Mardi Gras, there has been a constant stream of food into my office all week from places participating and promoting these festivities. Mmmm ….
I love winter. I love snow. I love extreme cold weather. I have a feeling...
Go Drake
March 02, 2008 by
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Brian, I meant to respond to your Drake comments, but didn’t. They’re still winning, so here goes.
I can remember liking Drake way back in the early 80s when my kids’ world was small enough that the Missouri Valley Conference seemed awfully big-time to me. Any conference...
Friday Night Lights
March 01, 2008 by
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Fridays get me fired up. It’s not quite the same as 10 years ago, when that first Friday beer came in the early afternoon and led to a subsequent nonstop flurry of activity, much of it social and/or live music-related. But, still, I get squirrelly since I work mainly Mon-Fri...
Just a chat
February 25, 2008 by
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You know those live chat thingies that you see at all the big sports Web sites? Well, I’m doing one of those. Come by Baseball Prospectus on Wednesday at noon (Central time) to talk some NBA. Brian, I expect you to drop whatever work task you’re involved in at that time...
Five things I hate … some links
February 21, 2008 by
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I’m in an overwhelmingly negative frame of mind today. So what better time to list five things that really annoy me? This is off the top of my head, five items from an almost infinite list:
1) Having to leave the house at least five times a week. Really doesn’t seem right...
Ready for anarchy
February 21, 2008 by
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For all the good routine rhythms I’ve got going, today is going to be almost a total loss. I have to deal with all the unpleasant administrative aspects of responsible citizenship today. Pay bills, renew my driver’s license (expired two months ago); renew my passport, get...
Hochevar to bullpen?
February 18, 2008 by
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As I mentioned in this post I made after seeing Dayton Moore at a local function, I’ve been a propopent of breaking in Luke Hochevar as a reliever, Earl Weaver-style. When I interviewed Moore for my epic-length Q&A back in ‘06, Moore had this to say on the topic:
Q...
An owl, a tribble and lots of rain
February 17, 2008 by
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There has been such a severe lack of TV sports these past three days that I am actually looking forward to the NBA All-Star Game. I get to see LeBron James, plus there are always several memorable highlights. With players like Dwight Howard on the floor playing with talented passers...
Ellis getting better fast
February 11, 2008 by
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Monta Ellis is quickly accelerating toward being a legitimate superstar. What I love most about Ellis is his intelligent approach to every play. He plays for the most freewheeling, open flow, 3-point shooting team in the NBA. Yet, Ellis, very much aware that his only offensive weakness...
The Big Game
February 10, 2008 by
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Or at least it’s supposed to be. Somewhere out there are headlines and blog posts that are headlined something like this: “Finally, the GAME”, the inference being that after two weeks of scrutiny and omnipresent hype, there will actually be a football game played...
Hornets for real
February 10, 2008 by
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Doh! Guess I missed your chat. Damn. I thought it was Thursday, but I had my annual physical today anyway and would have missed it. Post a link to the transcript when you can … It has been a quiet past couple of days in the NBA, but a few things have snared my attention...
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