Random Thoughts (Mainly on movies)
And now, time for some random things. I don’t mean things like suddenly typing out random numbers and letters like, I dunno, CHJCSKSUTX4M or something. I mean, just a few things that are on my mind...
View ArticleBaseball Players who are within Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon
We all probably know about the Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon. It posits that Kevin Bacon is the center of the Hollywood universe, and that basically any actor is within seven movies of him. Technically,...
View ArticleOff-Topic Thursday: Summer Trailer Spectacular
During the off-season, I occasionally had a “Off-Topic Tuesday” where I talked about stuff outside of baseball- usually something related to popular culture. Well, during the season, look for...
View ArticleIt’s the 20th Anniversary of “Rookie Of The Year”, here’s what I have to say...
Pulling the curtain for a second, an admission: I originally had this big plan where I would watch the now-20-year-old kid-baseball classic Rookie of the Year and figure out the statistics for it’s...
View ArticleHUMOR: Cable TV descriptions of baseball movies that must be made
You know how when you come across a movie on cable, they give you a brief description? Well, here are some baseball movies that must be made, and what their cable TV description would be: BOBBLEHEAD...
View ArticleComing later this month: “International Baseball Culture”
Bizarre Baseball Culture is perhaps my most popular segment on the Baseball Continuum. In it, I, as I say: “…take a look at some of the more unusual places where baseball has reared it’s head in pop...
View Article(Blogathon ’16) Mr. Go, if adapted for American audiences
This post is part of the 2016 Baseball Continuum Blogathon For Charity, benefiting the Roswell Park Alliance Foundation. The Roswell Park Alliance Foundation is the charitable arm of Roswell Park...
View Article(Blogathon ’16!) The Sliding Scale of Fictional Baseball Realism
This post is part of the 2016 Baseball Continuum Blogathon For Charity, benefiting the Roswell Park Alliance Foundation. The Roswell Park Alliance Foundation is the charitable arm of Roswell Park...
View ArticleThe Hall of Very Good has added four, and I helped by honoring Jose Canseco’s...
The Hall of Very Good has added four new members: Bill Buckner, Jose Canseco, Russ Grimsley and celebrity inductee Thomas Ian Nicholas (AKA Henry Rowengartner), with the Glenn Burke Memorial Courage...
View ArticleThe grievous error made in Pixar’s “Turning Red”
(The following is tongue-in-cheek.) So, I saw Turning Red a few days ago. A good film. Probably not the top tier of Pixar, but it’s up there. However, there is a horrible and grievous error made by...
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