先日、このようなツイートがありました。 KONAMIはプロ野球選手全員の肖像権を独占して他社から実名を使った野球ゲームを発売させないようにしようとしたことがあったがこの御方がそれを阻止したのはあまり知られていない。 pic.twitter.com/cv9pUlIPYg— ノリマキ@今年もヤクルト日本一！ (@norimaki_YS) 2021年12月29日…
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日本ハムの“ビッグボス”新庄剛志監督（４９）は９日、沖縄・国頭村での秋季キャンプ視察２日目を迎え、清宮幸太郎内野手を直接指導。ダイエットのススメを説いた。 【写真】一見すると地味？ いやいや足元にビッグボスの“主張” フリー打撃を終えた清宮を手招きして呼び寄せると、そのまま指導開始。ビートたけしの「コマ…
Blaseball is back for more absurdist, browser-based fun with Short Circuits
Major League Baseball is experimenting with robot umpires to make games more interesting, but when it comes to sporty shenanigans, Internet League Blaseball has got you more than covered. After going on hiatus at the end of its public beta, the free, browser-based, absurdist baseball simulator is coming back. On November 1, the Hugo- and […]
Zig-Zag-and Swirl.
Fantastically Wrong: The Inventor of the Airliner Also Invented This Hilariously Absurd ‘Science’.
Alfred Lawson and ‘Manlife’ Documentary Explores Lawsonomy & Its Last Crusader
New York Yankees 2-6 Boston Red Sox: American League wild card game – as it happened
Red Sox beat Yanks in one-game playoff to earn spot in ALDSBogaerts, Boston best Cole, beat New York in wild card gameOpening pitch, it’s former second baseman and beloved local broadcaster Jerry Remy who is fighting cancer. He’s hooked up to oxygen he…
Go Team Chaos!
It’s the last scheduled day of the regular season in Major League Baseball and every game will be played starting simultaneously at 3 pm Eastern. The AL Wild Card and the NL West are still up for grabs and a bewildering array of two, three, and even fo…
I had a chance to travel anywhere. Why did I pick Spokane? (SLNYT)
Link to NYT article Having been to Spokane on more than one occasion, I couldn’t resist clicking this link. Instead of a snarky takedown, I found a poignant reflection on Covid, parenthood, and what we are leaving our children. There’s also a lot about…
There’s no tying in baseball
Did Dottie Drop the Ball On Purpose?: Solving the Only Cinematic Mystery That Matters The time has come…to debate what is probably the most important question of an old millennial’s life: Did Dottie Hinson drop the ball on purpose at the end of A Lea…
Take Meowt to the Ballgame
Is a Feral Cat Responsible For the Orioles Losing 18 Games in a Row? An Important Investigation This was going to be a single link post to Molly Knight’s substack The Long Game (now you know what you’re clicking on), but then I found: this recent piece…
The Honus Wagner T206
The Honus Wagner T206 is the sports card GOAT, and always will be. It sold recently for $6.6 million. Dan Hajducky and Tisha Thompson at ESPN.com give a short history of baseball card boom and bust and boom.