February ← 2011 ← FREE KRAUT!

FREE KUST! 91

That usually doesn’t work out too well in my experience. And it’s even more spooky to see it happening all over again. If the ant-in-front loops and intersects with its old trail, the whole crowd then turns in on itself and everybody gets caught in the endless circle. Graffito spotted at Rainbow last night (yes, ...

TGIF Grill 173

1. Soccer 2. Researchers are Not Rock Stars (unless you’re talking about Greg Gaffin), but… Both groups compete in what economists call tournament fields. As noted a few months back in Science Careers, such professions afford huge rewards, often including fame, wealth, and stardom, to a very small number of people. They also relegate the ...

Home again, home again, jiggity jig 100

TWWPS Your backup folder MIGHT be visible to the public It didn’t make sense to me, either Imma hafta filk “The Ballad of El Bencho“ The return of Goodman’s The Power Rankings! The C word: DeMause, ML/v0. I still say Tootsie’s BRC doesn’t announce anything until after the new CBA. Everyone’s linking to Drum’s WI/labor ...

Der Affe ist in Zürich 4

in simia absentis, or something… 88

Yeah, I don’t know proper Latin. Romanes eunt domus. I’m tired, but can’t sleep. Again. So I figured I might as well grill a little of what I’m semi-randomly meandering across as I try to shut down the beehive inside my head. Sorry, I don’t have any political links… I’m trying to shut down right ...

Rabbit-fur vest? 11

Rabbit-fur vest. Also, euphemism watch: assertive pickles … right up your alley

Where’s my burrito? 186

Were we aware that Bailey has an occasionally sore left knee? Klapisch: Beane is gone if San Jose doesn’t happen. ML/v0’s take (virtually all of which I agree with; also, I have a hard time taking Klapisch entirely seriously, as he demonstrates a typical unfamiliarity with the particulars of the issue — what about Beane’s ...

Take me out to the ballgame 107

Bloom bait ML/v0 points out the highlights in a recent interLew I think the Twins just activated their ** account Christ, what a Baumol What’s a more ridiculous blogger hobbyhorse — Sullivan’s Trig obsession, Yglesias’ rent-seeking-cartels, or Drum’s disloyalty card jeremiad? Oh, man. RIP, Betty Garrett. She’s one of the best things about Take Me ...

Salmagundi Quiz 109

By my count, there are eight position players in the Hall of Fame who had a higher on base percentage than slugging percentage. Four were Veteran’s Committee’s selections: Ray Schalk Billy Hamilton Rick Ferrell Richie Ashburn Two were selected by the Old Timer’s Committee, the predecessor to the Veteran’s Committee Johnny Evers Roger Bresnahan The ...

Surnacronyms, because we should be able to knock this out of the FKing park 125

So we weren’t the first to do 25, but we can do better. I mean, “Zippers Infield Marvelously, Mashes Everything, Remains Most Awesome National”? REALLY? Let’s try to do one top level comment per player and reply with alternates. I’ll pull over the ones from other discussions and post below. The A’s only have a ...