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Well it’s the baseball All-Star break, meaning I should try to revive this blog. My last post was on Opening Day. Embarrasing. Here’s something I found in the hopper (i.e. a post I started long ago and didn’t finish): Check this out: Big Time Timmy Jim. This story has everything: baseball and In N Out [...]

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Jul 12th, 2011 | Filed under Mike Brownlee

Awesome. I’m a Royals fan and even I’m excited about baseball’s first day of action. First I want to pass along this Big Time Timmy Jim. This story has everything: baseball and In N Out burger. Alas, though the movie was on my mind the whole time I read it, no reference to The Dude. [...]

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Mar 31st, 2011 | Filed under Mike Brownlee

Writing columns about the villainy of Barry Bonds is so easy, so cliche. It’s like shooting wolves from a helicopter. Your hunter this time? One Gene Woojciechowski of ESPN.com. He posits that the Giants won the World Series last year, in part, 683 runs in 2007, good for second-to-last in the National League. In 2010 [...]

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Mar 23rd, 2011 | Filed under Mike Brownlee

So I’m a nerd who occasionally (and with more frequency lately) just pulls up player pages at Baseball-Reference.com to revel at stats. I’ve already subjected you to one of these Babe Ruth and here’s a few fun facts you probably hadn’t thought of in a while or don’t know: Babe Ruth led the league in [...]

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Mar 16th, 2011 | Filed under Mike Brownlee

*This post has nothing to do with tacos. Some quick linkage, to be followed by a “I’m a nerd” post later in the day.* *Tomorrow. Just in case you missed it elsewhere on NonpareilOnline, check out Evan Bland’s Kansas City Star on Gordon. Gordon started spring slow but even then was drawing walks, something he’s [...]

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Mar 15th, 2011 | Filed under Mike Brownlee