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Sheer minutes after these events transpired, Bean put down his biography of the Marx Brothers in favor of some lighter reading, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith.
Friday, June 6, 2008
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Do Yourself a Favor, Baseball Fans...
...and start reading Fire Joe Morgan.
Actually, first, do yourself a favor and read Michael Lewis' awesome book Moneyball.
Then, do yourself a favor and start reading Fire Joe Morgan.
Their subtitle says it all: "Where Bad Sports Journalism Comes to Die"
Fire Joe Morgan flies in the face of everything that old baseball men hold dear: logic.
To old baseball men, fire-in-the-belly is much more important than a player's ability to draw a walk. To them, it's all about a player's moxie, his grittiness, his hustle. To them, baseball is a game for insiders, retired players with 25 career at-bats, grizzled scouts looking for the ubermensch in a sea of soft bodies, and, worst of all, undercritical sportswriters that pander to the traditions of the sport and who cry foul whenever anyone wants to use geeky statistics to explain a game so mathematically definable.
Fire Joe Morgan is a site for sabermetric junkies who enjoy a hearty laugh. Don't know what sabermetrics is? Never heard of Bill James? Well, Moneyball is a six-course meal of information, and FJM is seconds. Sabermetrics put simply is why the Oakland Athletics are able to stay competitive despite the fact that their entire payroll is about as much as three Yankees make in a year.
Regular writers include Junior (Alan Yang), dak (Dave King), and Ken Tremendous (Michael Schur) who is an employee of Fremulon Insurance in Partridge, Kansas.
Actually, first, do yourself a favor and read Michael Lewis' awesome book Moneyball.
Then, do yourself a favor and start reading Fire Joe Morgan.
Their subtitle says it all: "Where Bad Sports Journalism Comes to Die"
Fire Joe Morgan flies in the face of everything that old baseball men hold dear: logic.
To old baseball men, fire-in-the-belly is much more important than a player's ability to draw a walk. To them, it's all about a player's moxie, his grittiness, his hustle. To them, baseball is a game for insiders, retired players with 25 career at-bats, grizzled scouts looking for the ubermensch in a sea of soft bodies, and, worst of all, undercritical sportswriters that pander to the traditions of the sport and who cry foul whenever anyone wants to use geeky statistics to explain a game so mathematically definable.
Fire Joe Morgan is a site for sabermetric junkies who enjoy a hearty laugh. Don't know what sabermetrics is? Never heard of Bill James? Well, Moneyball is a six-course meal of information, and FJM is seconds. Sabermetrics put simply is why the Oakland Athletics are able to stay competitive despite the fact that their entire payroll is about as much as three Yankees make in a year.
Regular writers include Junior (Alan Yang), dak (Dave King), and Ken Tremendous (Michael Schur) who is an employee of Fremulon Insurance in Partridge, Kansas.
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Foot Fetish
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Seeing an "Ahhhh, Phooey" character from the waist down is weird. Its like seeing the Muppets ride bicycles.
Except, instead of intricately designed puppetry, all I have to offer is terrible MS Paint garbage.
Also, instead of bringing happiness and joy to millions of children around the globe, all I'm doing is subjecting a small handful of my family and friends to a cartoon so morally ambiguous and emotionally disturbing that it will send them running for a hot shower in search of unquestionable answers and deep spiritual cleansing.
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
The Philadelphia Turkey!
I don't know if you've heard, but The Philadelphia Turkey is Philadelphia's own news satire website.
Check out all the funsanity at: www.phillyturkey.com
Check out all the funsanity at: www.phillyturkey.com
East Coast Literals
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That's right! Ahhhh, Phooey's own Professor Ernest J. Puffinballs has been deemed as "America's Most Literal Professor" according to David Horowitz's group, Students for Figurative Freedom.
Monday, June 2, 2008
Stop...Comic Time
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Countdown to Referential Irrelevance:
T-minus 15 minutes and counting.
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