Category Archives: basketball
Bobby Plump and the Early Days of the NBA
Last month, Marketwatch had a piece on Bobby Plump. Plump is the guy the Jimmy Chitwood character from Hoosiers is based on. Something on the second page of the article caught my eye: (I)n 1958, he turned down the National … Continue reading
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Temporary Linsanity
Ozzie Guillen’s recent musings on Castro reminded me of Marge Schott talking about Hitler twenty some odd years ago. There is no truth to the rumor that Peter Angelos called Jeffrey Loria looking to trade Buck Showalter to Miami for … Continue reading
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Media Play
I haven’t written much about baseball lately. Truth be told, I haven’t watched much since the Red Sox collapsed. Maybe I will write a post-mortem on their season, but what can I add that hasn’t already been said? I have … Continue reading
The Baseball Gauge
The Baseball Gauge From Seamheads: Dan Hirsch, founder and sole contributor to The Baseball Gauge, has built a fantastic website that features Win Shares (WS), Win Shares Above Bench (WSAB) and Wins Above Replacement (WAR) for every season and player … Continue reading
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Bruin Station
It is now less than a week until Opening Day. Some folks think that pitchers and catchers reporting should be a national holiday, but that day pales in comparison to Opening Day. I’m excited and not just because the Red … Continue reading
Filed under baseball, basketball, beisbol, Hoops, Music
Gashouse Hillbillies
I did a piece on Joe DiMaggio and Stephen Jay Gould for the Hardball Times annual (which should be out soon.) To give their readers a taste of my stuff I also sent them Gashouse Hillbillies for their website. It … Continue reading
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Marketwatch: The hunt for TV’s lost baseball treasures
Never heard a word of this broadcast. From MarquetteWatch: CHICAGO (MarketWatch) — Even in the earliest days of televised baseball, the late Ernie Harwell understood that less could be more. On Oct. 3, 1951, Harwell was working Game 3 of … Continue reading
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More Free Darko On Football
Here. I got back into basketball pretty organically. It just sort of happened one summer. Once it took over my life, it wasn’t long before I wanted — or saw that it made sense to be — a generalist. Year-round … Continue reading
Bethlehem Speaks
A new, clearer, Free Darko Manifesto? This was an aside in an entry on Ray Lewis. There’s a misconception floating around that FD likes underdogs. We don’t. We like star players, weird players, and players who aren’t afraid to be … Continue reading
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Z Graph
Neil Paine over at Sports Reference brought this Fanhouse thing to my attention. I dig the visual representation of skills prezented here. EDITED TO FIX LINK
Filed under basketball, Hoops
