Wednesday, November 05, 2008
The predictive power of baseballrelated.com
On this very blog, on May 25, 2004, Levi made a comment referring to a future Barack Obama presidency. As you may notice, that was several months before Obama's speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention brought him into the spotlight. See for yourself.
However, Levi assumed Obama's election would come in 2012 (presumably, after John Kerry served two terms) -- and Levi's not so good at predicting who is and isn't going to do something stupid to ruin his political career.
However, Levi assumed Obama's election would come in 2012 (presumably, after John Kerry served two terms) -- and Levi's not so good at predicting who is and isn't going to do something stupid to ruin his political career.
Labels: barack obama, eliot spitzer, predictions
Tuesday, November 04, 2008
Fortunately, they've solved the "extra baseballs" problem
From the February 13, 1967, issue of Sports Illustrated (via Uni Watch):
Labels: apes, sports illustrated, umpires, uni watch
Monday, November 03, 2008
Ghost of Jack Norworth, please feel free to haunt Bud Selig
On November 15 of last year, this blog reported on a Major League Baseball press release detailing plans for a 100th-anniversary celebration of the song "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" during 2008.
I saw no actual evidence of any special 100th-anniversary festivities this past season. Most notably, contrary to that press release, the All-Star Game's televised 7th-inning stretch featured Josh Groban singing "God Bless America", not a contest winner leading the crowd in "Take Me Out to the Ball Game."
Not that it should necessarily be a priority for the next President, but surely he can do something about this fairly easily.
I saw no actual evidence of any special 100th-anniversary festivities this past season. Most notably, contrary to that press release, the All-Star Game's televised 7th-inning stretch featured Josh Groban singing "God Bless America", not a contest winner leading the crowd in "Take Me Out to the Ball Game."
Not that it should necessarily be a priority for the next President, but surely he can do something about this fairly easily.
Labels: bud selig, god bless america, josh groban, take me out to the ball game
