Bronx Banter: Taking Stock
It's strangely fitting that the Phillies and Rays are meeting in the latter's first World Series. When then-Devil Rays general manager Chuck LaMar was assembling what would be the inaugural Rays...
View ArticleBronx Banter: Grace Under Pressure
Cole Hamels, Ryan Madson, and Brad Lidge made like Stravinsky last night andcomposed a big win for the Phillies.
View ArticleBronx Banter: Even Fruit I Like Room Temperature
Did you ever suck the jelly out of a jelly donut and then fill it with chocolate-swirl ice cream?
View ArticleBronx Banter: Return Serve
The Phillies were supposed to win Game 1 last night behind Cole Hamels, and they did. The Rays are supposed to win Game 2 tonight behind James Shields to salvage a split at home. Result pending. My...
View ArticleBronx Banter: Onions
Yeah, it took some moxie on the part of Joe Maddon to stick with David Price, who wound up getting thefinal seven outs for the Rays last night (he also got a key break with a non-call in the ninth)....
View ArticleBronx Banter: Total Heaviosity
I haven't been drawn to Charlie Kaufman's movies (Being John Malkovich, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), at least the ones he's written. So I can't say that I'm falling over myself to see his...
View ArticleBronx Banter: Mo Money, Mo Problems
Over at the Voice, Neil DeMause is live-blogging the Kucinich Hearings. It ain't pretty, but Neil is doing a crack job. Here is part one and part two (still in progress...).
View ArticleBronx Banter: Relic
All of the baseball cards that I use to illustrate my posts are from my personal collection, which includes every regular-issue Topps set dating back to 1979. The first complete set I ever owned was...
View ArticleBronx Banter: Beauty
Threegames in, and this has been a fun, competitive World Serious.The Rays were down 4-1,came back to tie the game, but the Phils pulled it out with a cheap hit in the bottom of the ninth.
View ArticleBronx Banter: Last Chance for Romance?
After three games, the aggregate score of the World Series is dead even at 10-10, but if the Rays don't win tonight, this thing could be over, as Cole Hamels would pitch for the title tomorrow. Given...
View ArticleBronx Banter: Movin On
In November of '02, I started Bronx Banter on Blogspot. The next year I took it to All-Baseball.com, and for the past four seasons, I've been with the crew at Baseball Toaster. Its been a great run and...
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