Deadspin: dorks!

Calling All Baseball Dorks! Bill James And Joe Posnanski, In Conversation!

Tommy Craggs — Wed, 20 May 2009 17:45:00 EDT

They're talking about Randy Johnson, but does it really matter? I've written slash fiction about this very moment. [SI.com]

Lemme At 'Em! Lemme At 'Em!

Leitch — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 11:45:57 EDT

Twice a year, members of the New York media play members of the Boston media in baseball. This is surely amusing to watch — fat guys fielding grounders is always a reliable source of comedy — but yesterday, at Fenway Park, there was a truly beautiful happening: They almost had a bench-clearing brawl. (Via Barstool Sports.)

Then, believe it or not, we nearly had a brawl with the Boston media. New York reliever Bob Klapisch accidentally hit Boston Spanish radio broadcaster Uri Berenguer in the helmet with a pitch. Berenguer took Kevin Youkilis-like exception to the pitch and tempers flared on both sides. Boston manager Carl Beane, the Fenway Park PA announcer, had to be held back from attacking a few of our guys. Beane manages the game wearing an entire Red Sox uniform. I kid you not.

I will say this about the New York media, we don't back down when the benches clear. We were more riled up than the Yankees were on Friday night. I wish I were kidding, but I'm not. We were a few seconds away from a full-out scrap.

Lord, what we'd give for YouTube of this. It's not every day you see someone charging the mound while eating a donut.

New York Media Loses To Boston [The LoHud Yankees Blog]

(UPDATE: Here's a bunch of pictures from the game, including this one of the Boston "manager" being restrained.)

He's Afraid The Defensive Line Will Be Quite Operational When Your Friends Arrive

Leitch — Mon, 07 May 2007 16:15:50 EDT

A friend who's a big Star Wars dork — you're shocked that we have such friends, we're sure — forwards us this creative concoction put together by an inventive (and, certainly, lonely) Star Wars aficionado and college football watcher.

Larry Coker might be gone from Miami, but that compassion for you will be his undoing. He will come to you, and then you will bring him before Larry Coker.

Miami Ex Head Coach Larry Coker [Rebel Scum]

God, Not More Sports Bloggers Talking To Each Other

Leitch — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 15:15:22 EST

If you wanted proof that the people who write all of these sports blogs actually know how to read, New Yorkers can find it tonight at the Varsity Letters reading series, hosting by Gelf Magazine. We won't believe it until we see it.

Anyway, we're not sure how they're gonna handle the hyperlinks, but there's a gaggle smattering of pasty white fellows talking about whatever the hell it is they do, including Henry Abbott from True Hoop, Matt Ufford from With Leather, Dan Shanoff, the duo of Faith And Fear In Flushing and, most awesomely, the gang from The Dugout. We'll be there too, drinking and hoping nobody makes fun of our stretch pants. Sure, they're respected by no one and barely making a living ... but sports bloggers can feel important when they gather!

So, you know, if you're in NYC, come on by. Drinks are reasonably priced, for New York, anyway.

Varsity Letters Reading Series [Gelf Magazine]