by Jeffery Battersby | Aug 15, 2011 | Asides
For the life of me, I still can’t figure out how Dan Lyons keeps his job. A cup full of pencils, by itself, could do a better job. | via DaringFireball.net
by Jeffery Battersby | Jul 11, 2011 | Asides
If you haven’t been reading this site you should be. A couple of tech gods writing about sports. Or, more specifically, a couple of tech WRITING gods, writing about sports. I know, sounds like an oxymoron. Sounds even more like that group of guys standing...
by Jeffery Battersby | Jul 9, 2011 | Asides
So much for Brett’s assertion that Jeter’s 3000th hit would be a hard one to get. Jeter went yard for this one. Very happy for the Yankee who made me a Yankee fan. Jeter Reaches 3,000 Hits With Home Run | via NYTimes.com
by Jeffery Battersby | Jul 8, 2011 | Asides
I still remember sitting at my grandmother’s house keeping a scorebook and biting my nails as I watched Dick Williams lead the Oakland A’s to back-to-back series wins. So, not just a Red Sox loss. Red Sox mourn Dick Williams | via ESPN Boston
by Jeffery Battersby | Jun 24, 2011 | Asides
Peter Falk. Need I say more? Peter Falk, ‘Columbo’ Actor, Dies at 83 | via NYTimes.com
by Jeffery Battersby | Jun 17, 2011 | Asides
Pretty sure Lyons should have stuck to the Fake Steve schtick. This will be the first, and last, time I ever scoop Gruber, but I said this about Lyons more than a year ago on the heels of reading something Philip Elmer-DeWitt wrote and then watching a video of Lyons...
