We just finished the baseball unit in the course I’m teaching, “Male Fantasy Sports.” The course is a crosslisted English and Gender Studies with 14 students (syllabus | departmental description | photo of books at the bookstore). Most students major in the social sciences, but there are a pair of English majors, and three or [...]
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Yes, yes. I know there is an election going on. I know that the War Corporatists are trying to get Bush reëlected, and, well, tomorrow I’m going up to Milwaukee to do what I can to stop them. Still, this is about the remaining elation over the Red Sox—yes, I still feel like it’s my [...]
Today feels like my birthday. In fact, I think it feels like every Sox fan’s birthday. Nothing can go wrong. Nothing is bad. Everything just sort of rolls. I woke up in bed today and didn’t feel like doing anything but lying there, remembering that the Red Sox won the World Series. I haven’t been [...]
The 1967 World Series is referred to, in Ken Coleman’s The Impossible Dream, as “the series nobody lost.” Coleman describes Jim Lonborg as just not having enough steam to make it through Game 7 on two days’ rest. Six innings, six earned runs just isn’t going to get the job done, sadly. As I mentioned [...]
I promised a sort of omnibus playoff post once the ALCS was over. And it’s over. And I sort of can’t believe it. I’m writing today off as obnoxious fan day. I have my Yankee Hater hat on, and I’m ready for anything. SOX WIN THE PENNANT means, to me, that I get one day [...]
Last year, I provided a desktop image of the Prudential Tower. This year, I provide a webcam image from Mount Washington, provided, of course, by the good folks over at the mountain. I hope it guides you all very well. This game is potentially bigger than Game 7 last year, because it brands the Yankees, [...]
“me encanta cuando me llamas ‘Big Papí.’” More details to follow… …like wondering why, if Bellhorn sucks so bad offensively that he’s batting ninth, is Pokey not starting? I’m sure Mike Timlin wants to know.
I know the series isn’t over, etc., etc. But the entire playoff rosters of the Red Sox should consider donating the entirety of their playoff bonuses to charity. I was thinking of, perhaps, a paternity clinic or a physical therapy clinic that reteaches patients to walk. I think that the series definitely became comical after [...]
OK, so there’s a general conflict going on in my Notes (below) that I already felt, but Ben nailed out of the park. Underlying this entire discussion, at least on my side, is a conflict over how much I want to actually be a Sports Hipster. Ben’s right–I really don’t particularly care for the general [...]
Pete and Whet have thrown their first generation Florida Marlins fitted caps into the ring wrt Sports Hipsterdom. Both had complaints about the quiz, and that’s understandable. Pete scored very well, but felt disappointed in his result. That’s just crummy wording on my behalf–in that a true hipster cannot rely on a quiz to grant [...]