The Entroporium

SeoTaiji And Boys – Hahyoga (Betrayed By You).mp3 extracted from the curiously named Goodbye Best Album More on SeoTaiji here. "He’s sort of the Korean Michael Jackson as far as level of fame and being not-right-in-the-head goes." Thanks to Lena for this track.

Imagine if you worked your whole life to make it to the major leagues. You get one pitch. It hits you in the head. You never get another pitch. I suppose the good news is that you wind up with a lifetime OBP of 1.000, but otherwise… Chicago Tribune: Moonlight Graham sequel? Young ballplayer awaits [...]

The Sweet Talks – Eyi Su Ngaangaa.mp3 Honny & The Bees – Psychedelic Woman.mp3 Photo credit: kirikou.com

Up on the playa, someone asked me to tell her something about me that might surprise her. After thinking for a moment, I came up with the most shocking thing I could think of in that place at that time: I am a diehard, dyed-green Oakland A’s fan. (The shock is the baseball fan bit, [...]

McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Expert Help for Your Fantasy Baseball Franchise I’ve just discovered that I’m more widely published than I thought I was. McSweeney’s posted one of my letters!

Cal Marching Band – All Hail Blue and Gold.mp3

The ALCS is absolutely punishing. Terrible baseball that just won’t end. Blown saves, un-clutch hitting, pitchers that the managers don’t trust. First a four-hour game. The next night, a five-hour game. Well, it can’t get any weirder, right? Tonight: six hours of baseball, 471 pitches, 30 men left on base. Meanwhile, the Cardinals and Astros [...]

It’s playoff time again and that means a whole lot of TV watching this month and glowers at Susie every time she schedules an evening activity that happens to conflict with one of the better match-ups. As an American League fan (the NL is so very 20th century), I’m forced into checking out the Yankees [...]