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Warm Thoughts for a Cold Winter: Sega World Series Baseball 1999
A few years back, when I revealed I was getting hitched, my cousin insisted on organizing my bachelor trip. He kept the destination a secret for as long as humanly possible, but since we’ve know each other literally our whole … Read on! —->
Warm Thoughts for a Cold Winter: MVP Baseball and Revisionist History
For most of video game history, any ol’ company could make a baseball game. (The same was true for most sports, but we’ll concentrate on America’s pastime here.) At first, these games rarely attempted to use real players or even … Read on! —->
Warm Thoughts for a Cold Winter: City of Glass
Paul Auster is one of my favorite fiction writers. He’s also a Mets fan. The latter fact has nothing to do with the former–his work would be just as good if he liked the Red Sox, or the Rockies, or … Read on! —->
Warm Thoughts for a Cold Winter: The Walrus Game
Two years ago, as Shea Stadium counted down its last days, I wrote a few posts on some of the best games I attended there. However, I never quite got around to writing about my absolute most favorite game ever … Read on! —->
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Warm Thoughts for a Cold Winter: “1986: A Year to Remember”
One year, for my grandfather’s birthday, my brothers and I “bought” him (despite not having any money at all) “1986: A Year to Remember”, an hour-long highlight video of the newly minted world champion Mets. Grampa–who lived next door to … Read on! —->
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Warm Thoughts for a Cold Winter: “The Numbers Game”
The Numbers Game by Alan Schwarz is on my shortlist for best baseball books of the last 10 years. In fact, I’m hard-pressed to think of any that can beat it. The main reason: while so-called traditionalists deride or dismiss … Read on! —->
Warm Thoughts for a Cold Winter: Stadium Statues
Does anyone make statues anymore? Chances are if you’re wandering through a park and you see a statue, it’s a good 50 years old. I don’t know if the blame lies with Vietnam or the soaring cost of bronze, but … Read on! —->
Warm Thoughts for a Cold Winter: Topps’ Photo Retouching Skills
A recent post at Mets Guy in Michigan concentrated on what may be the worst Mets-related baseball card of all time (and perhaps the worst baseball card of all time, period): a Hostess-produced card for Rusty Staub in which the … Read on! —->
Warm Thoughts for a Cold Winter: Bullpen Carts
Yesterday, I wrote about stadium organists, a feature of the game that is quickly dying out. Another aspect that’s already dead is one that probably shouldn’t have lived to begin with: bullpen carts. Yes, once upon a time, relievers were … Read on! —->
Warm Thoughts for a Cold Winter: Organ Music
Last week, Jane Jarvis passed away at the age of 94. Jarvis was Shea Stadium’s first organist, from 1964 all the way through 1979. She’s still remembered by fans who heard her as a delightful and witty practitioner of that … Read on! —->