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Apologies to Bob Uecker
On January 16, 2025, the baseball community lost the beloved figure of Robert “Bob” George Uecker, a one-time fringe baseball player turned colorful broadcaster and actor. Uecker died ten days away from his 91st birthday. When I heard the news, I probably let out a sound like “aww.” A brief utterance of disappointment, but also…
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The Year of Luigi
Hey there. It’s been a minute. This is the part where you probably expect me to be a bit coy and rhetorically ask if anything big happened in the news while I was away. Let’s not do that. Two big things happened: the Mets signed Clay Holmes and Griffin Canning. Okay, I had to make…
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What Will Be Left?
On this day in 2016 I had to leave work early. I could not get anything done. I was absolutely shocked and numb. I could not believe that such a cruel and crass person ascended to the presidency. In 2024, I work from home thanks to a pandemic horribly mismanaged by the man who will…
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O Canada
The Mets are done, but the ride was worth it. You can read many wonderful pieces about their majestical run. I don’t have anything to say that more professional sportswriters haven’t already said. I am sad that it ended, but so glad that it happened. That about sums it up. What I’m thinking about today…
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The Words Escape You
I am trying to write about the last few days, and it feels like a futile endeavor. I last wrote about the supernatural, the specters and demons of history that can haunt a team. Now, it only feels appropriate to talk about the future, about possibilities. Francisco Lindor will be 37 years old in 2031,…
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Exorcisms on the Diamond
I did not see The Exorcist until I was in high school. I watched it in a film history class on a TV suspended in the corner of the room, evoking the hospital rooms that the young and possessed Regan finds herself in throughout the first half of the film. Last year a very forgettable…