There are no ghosts.
I’ve been slumming with the militant anti-paranormal crowd for quite awhile now, for all the usual reasons. Paranormal stuff- you know, the vacationing spirits of dead people, telekinesis, stuff like that- always breaks down when subjected to scientific investigation. Perpetual stage fright, or whatever. And besides, based on every TV show I’ve ever [...]
Entries from October 2008
October 30, 2008
Ghosts Bark
October 28, 2008
Satchel- 1933
I know there’s been a lot of baseball nuts sniffing around the blog, looking for something interesting, and I think you’re finally in luck. I’ve slapped together some Satchel Paige information- focusing on his 1933 season, reconstructed with the help of several sources. I’ll list those sources at the bottom of the piece, because that [...]
October 27, 2008
Don’t Look Back…
something might be gaining on you.
Fine, we’ll look forward. Stop by in a couple days, I’m going to have some new stuff here; including original material on Satchel Paige and a story about….ghosts! ooooooh, scary! See you soon.
October 22, 2008
Interview: Roel Torres
In my post of October 20, I introduced you to Roel Torres, featured columnist at the premiere baseball site, www.billjamesonline.com. In an online baseball world flooded with Bill James-clones, peddling second-rate stat-based writing and analysis, Torres is a fresh, human voice amongst a mass of androids. His deftly-crafted columns feature a personal, literary approach to [...]
October 20, 2008
The Rookie
A couple years back there was a warm, feel good movie about a guy named Jim Morris. It was called “The Rookie,” featuring Dennis Quaid in the lead role, and told the story of an obscure, 35-year-old high school teacher who had jumped from coaching teenagers in Smalltown, Texas, USA, to pitching in the Major [...]
October 19, 2008
The Limo Life
DIVAS
I worked as a chauffeur for a few years. Yes, I rubbed elbows with a couple famous people during my tour of duty, but not too many. I drove a Lincoln Town Car, and most famous people don’t want to ride around in Town Cars- they want stretch limos or Escalades or whatever. They want something [...]
October 16, 2008
The Hit Kings: Rennie Stennett and Me
This “blog” thing is starting to get out of hand!
There were forty-nine “visits” to my site yesterday, and we’ve only had this puppy up and running for a couple days. Now, forty-four of those “hits” were actually me, logging in anonymously to see if anybody else had showed up. But still… 49 hits is [...]
October 15, 2008
Strat-O-Matic
Old School Strat-o-Matic card, when Pete Rose was skinny, had a crew cut, and hadn’t yet bet on baseball.
Every once in awhile I’d get up from my desk, walk outside to the back patio and make sure the salmon hadn’t caught on fire. I’d push the bratwursts around, flip the burgers with a spatula- maybe [...]
October 15, 2008
Ground Control to Major Tom…
I just wanted to let my friends know I’ll be reentering the earth’s atmosphere any day now.
October 10, 2008
Bring the noise!
Hi, my name is Scott Simkus and I live outside Chicago. If you happen to know me personally, you have my condolences. For those who’ve never heard of me- it’s probably best to keep our distance, we’ll get along much better that way. I’m a writer and researcher with an irrational affection for baseball history. [...]
