Monthly Archives: March 2009

A Glorious Day for Fans of Baseball Prose

Tim Marchman writes for Sports Illustrated? Why wasn’t I informed earlier?! Oh Brenda, I’m very concerned about your secretarial skills of late! I would seriously consider firing you if you weren’t imaginary! Readers of this site know I’ve shared my … Read on! —->

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Inappropriate Walk Up Music: 03.31.09

For previous Inappropriate Walk Up Music posts, click here. Every day until Opening Day, Scratchbomb presents three tunes that are completely, unequivocally inappropriate for use as major league walk-up music. These are not necessarily bad songs–although that certainly helps. They … Read on! —->

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Things I Didn’t Know Until Last Night/This Morning

Did you know that if your car’s stolen, you have to call 911? My first impulse was to call the local precinct. As much as having your car stolen might be a lifestyle crisis and an emotional trauma, it doesn’t … Read on! —->

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John Boehner Defends His Art

I’m sick of all this criticism of the charts and graphs in the Republican budget plan. I thought the liberal media would be able to recognize the aesthetic reality we were going for. But obviously, I have to explain myself … Read on! —->

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Inappropriate Walk Up Music: 03.30.09

For previous Inappropriate Walk Up Music posts, click here. Every day until Opening Day, Scratchbomb presents three tunes that are completely, unequivocally inappropriate for use as major league walk-up music. These are not necessarily bad songs–although that certainly helps. They … Read on! —->

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A Completely Compromised and Barely Informed Review of CitiField

As this title implies, what follows barely qualifies as a review of the Mets’ new ballpark, CitiField, aka TARP Memorial Grounds at Bernie Madoff Stadium, which I visited on Sunday for its first event: a college baseball game betwen St. … Read on! —->

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Inappropriate Walk Up Music: 03.29.09

For previous Inappropriate Walk Up Music posts, click here. Every day until Opening Day, Scratchbomb presents three tunes that are completely, unequivocally inappropriate for use as major league walk-up music. These are not necessarily bad songs–although that certainly helps. They … Read on! —->

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Inappropriate Walk Up Music: 03.28.09

For previous Inappropriate Walk Up Music posts, click here. Every day until Opening Day, Scratchbomb presents three tunes that are completely, unequivocally inappropriate for use as major league walk-up music. These are not necessarily bad songs–although that certainly helps. They … Read on! —->

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We Built this Citi on a Former Ash Field

I’ll be traveling to CitiField for the first time this weekend, to watch St. John’s take on Georgetown. That would be a great matchup, if it were a basketball game. And it was still 1987. Obviously, my main objective in … Read on! —->

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Inappropriate Walk Up Music: 03.27.09

For previous Inappropriate Walk Up Music posts, click here. Every day until Opening Day, Scratchbomb presents three tunes that are completely, unequivocally inappropriate for use as major league walk-up music. These are not necessarily bad songs–although that certainly helps. They … Read on! —->

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