A while ago, I got an email from Rany Jazayerli. It was really vague and mysterious – it basically said, I need your help on a thing, but I won’t specify what that thing is until you assure me you can keep it a secret until the week of Opening Day. I agreed to help …
Category Archive: Quickies
Mar 24
Link of the Day: Kip Wells!
Our nightmare is over. Kip Wells is back in affiliated baseball, thanks to the Diamondbacks.
Mar 24
What does a press pass get you? The chance to be MEAN.
I’m not the first to criticize T.J. Simers for his unbelievably mean-spirited piece on Marcus Thames of the Dodgers, and I’m sure I won’t be the last. Ty Duffy was all over it this morning, and did a pretty good job of pointing out a) the mean things that Simers said, and b) the very …
Mar 22
Small announcement: California!
This might be old news to some of my Twitter followers and Facebook friends, but I figure this news does deserve its own post. This summer, I’m going to be working as a media intern for the Palm Springs POWER (yes, all caps) in lovely Palm Springs, California. I’m SO excited, because this is the …
Mar 16
Link of the Day: We’ll Always Remember You, Jeff Francoeur
Found this after watching something that Nick Scott tweeted. So subtle. So brilliant.
Mar 11
Small good news from Japan: Brian Bannister is OK
At the suggestion of Darin from Tangled Up in (Royal) Blue, I asked various Royals folks on Twitter to check on Brian Bannister, who is in Tokyo. I don’t know if it was because I asked, but Mike Swanson checked up on it. Bannister is fine. Big thanks to Swanee for checking. I hope any …
Mar 11
How Swype handles the names on the Royals’ 40-man
Inspired by this Lookout Landing post, and my previous adventures with the Swype keyboard system on my phone, here is what Swype suggests when I type in Royals players’ names. PITCHERS Arguelles Artists Barerra Careers Crow Crore (wtf?) Davies Favors Hochevar Buckwheat (LOL) Jeffress Here’s Mazzaro …
Mar 07
Things I learned while helping Jonah Keri with The Extra 2%
– Joe Maddon is great, one of the few truly quirky people in baseball*, but interviews with him are a nightmare to transcribe. He likes to start sentences and then sidetrack himself and then never return to the original thought. Whee! – OK, that’s really all I learned that won’t be better revealed in the …
Mar 07
Why do I never post anymore?
This blog has been stunningly empty lately, hasn’t it? I suppose it’s time to explain why – number 3 on this list is the most important, so you’re welcome to skip to that. #1) I’m in 21 hours of school, and only 3-6 of them aren’t insane. Hopefully I can finish all of them and …