The cheap plastic bench groans beneath my weight as I crash down onto it. I’m only vaguely aware of the ragged edge digging into my side, of the other people in the waiting room, of the nurse trying vainly to reassure me. My world is a pinprick, a single all-consuming thought. My wife is going …
It’s opening week (technically) and I’ve got the game on the brain. Today’s missive was inspired by the following amazing play: 2022 AL Gold Glove winner. 🏆 Brett Phillips, pitcher. pic.twitter.com/vOPgjElC7q — Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) April 12, 2022 Super cool, right? On the surface, yes, and I applaud Mr. Phillips for his effort and athleticism. …
Baseball’s back! Thank Xenu. I can not tell you how heavily the prospect of potentially missing out on a summer of angrily yelling at professional athletes messing around with a tiny ball and some sticks weighed on me during the lockout. Here’s a quick reminder on the new rules for this year: the universal DH …
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With the release of Stranger Than Fiction, I’m now up to five published novels. Holy shit. To celebrate, I wanted to give a shout out to a few places that made it all possible. When covid restrictions have allowed, a large part of my writing process has been “welp, let’s take the notebook out for …
Major League Baseball’s lockout of its players is over, thank Christ. It is disgusting how relieved I am by this. The new collective bargaining agreement includes a bunch of changes and potential changes to the on-field product. Are they any good? I know everything, so I’ll tell you using baseball terms I think are moderately …
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Look, I know the pandemic isn’t technically over, but “The people you meet in the bar after you’ve been vaccinated and boosted and decided the current situation works well enough within your own personal risk tolerance that you’ve decided it’s ok to go get a beer every now and then as long as things don’t …
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*Deep breaths.* Also, spoilers for The Book of Boba Fett ahead. *More breaths, because Jesus Christ.* Ok. So. Din Djarin’s trip to visit Grogu at Luke Skywalker’s fledgling Jedi academy in Episode 6 of The Book of Boba Fett made it real clear that Disney’s intent on revisiting one of the biggest themes of the …
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The 2022 Winter Olympics began the other day, reminding me once again that holy crap, the Olympics are so damn dull. Look, I appreciate the dedication and skill of all of these amazing athletes. I just don’t find anything they’re doing particularly entertaining. So let’s jazz it up. Let’s bring the Winter Games into the …
In response to Conservative effort to ban books that really shouldn’t be banned, teenagers in a small Pennsylvania town have created a club specifically for reading, discussing, and understanding those banned titles. It’s awesome. I’ve joked on my various social media accounts about getting my books banned on purpose because it’ll lead to a lot …
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This week, the day job asked me to talk to a group of interns about my career path. No big deal; I’ve done this kind of thing before, and it’s always a fun look back at where I came from and how I’ve gotten to where I am. It reminds me that yes, actually, I …