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Day 13: Missouri
6 July 2008When we got to St Louis, we drove directly to Busch Stadium so I could get one step closer to my life’s goal of eating a hot dog at every major league baseball stadium. The cardinals’ stadium is beautiful:
and we loved the view of the arch. We were under the overhang, which was lucky as [...]
Another opening of another show
23 April 2008One of my friends recently commented to me via email that she didn’t have a very exciting day job. I told her that even if I were to accidentally save someone’s life by administering the Heimlich in our cafeteria while Dan Brown’s editor looked on, I still wouldn’t have anything on my brother’s work day, [...]
hello, lovah
15 April 2008David Wright on Letterman!
Fantasy Island 2008
25 March 2008Last Saturday, Jeremyand I set up camp at Tea Lounge in Brooklyn for our fantasy draft. In the way that they show the space needle for Seattle or golden gate bridge for san fransisco, the Tea Lounge should be the visual reference for any allusion to Brooklyn, ever, at any time. Before I even plugged my [...]
Smittens
5 December 2007I am not a loser of things. I like to think that I’m not a loser, full stop, but I might own a few too many melissa joan hart movies to really give that claim some weight. Anyway, I don’t lose things. I lost one thing in all of 2006, but I really got my [...]
next year is now
19 November 2007Is That a Red Sox Logo on Your Cardboard Box?
Hobo: Spare any change? Any change?
Man in Mets hat: Sorry.
Hobo: Don’t worry about it. If you’re a Mets fan, you’re worse off than me.
–4th & 6th
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What we talk about when we talk about something other than the red sox
1 November 2007I’m always depressed after the world series ends. Trade rumors will be enough to get me through to spring training, particularly if ARod jumps ship and all the chick Yankees fans with their perms and their french manicures and their pink #13 jerseys have to cry into their Bay Breezes about it, but I always [...]
Hands Off
22 October 2007From Overheard
via Katie
Makes me sad that McSweeney’s is bankrupt
25 June 2007MY FATHER, AS OWNER OF HIS FANTASY BASEBALL TEAM, HAS A MEETING
WITH HIS PLAYERS TO EXPLORE THEIR CONCERNS ABOUT FRONT-OFFICE
MANAGEMENT.
ANDY PETTITTE: I never wanted to be on this team in the first place.
DAD: Well, I didn’t want you on my team, either, asshole. But I was drunk at the draft, and I thought you were [...]
This week in The {Other} Boyfriend
4 April 2007His friends note, almost apologetically, that he is unwaveringly polite and humble, and even those who hate him admit that … actually, scratch that. No one hates David Wright. In fact, when people talk about him, they tend to fall back on a certain refrain: “I’m sorry, but you’ve just got to love the kid.” [...]