baseball
Similar Names, Different Callings II
GOP strategist Alex Castellanos and Los Angeles Dodgers minor-league call-up Alex Castellanos
Great, Grand.
It started in a backyard in Tucson, back in April. We’d gathered out there for a memorial for my cousin Jimmy. Among the photos people were perusing was one I didn’t recall seeing before. It was my great-grandparents, David and Jennie Heiden. I was a little taken aback. I can’t say I ever gave much […]
On the RAZR’s Edge
So I’m walking home last night, and I plug my earphones into my phone, which is a Droid RAZR. Why don’t you have an iPhone, Jack? Well, the thing is, I’m extremely Apple-loyal, always have been, but I don’t want them to totally run my life. Plus, I had a Verizon account, and they didn’t […]
Strangers on a Plane
5/2/03, 8:13 p.m., America West flight 683, Phoenix to Newark, seat 9C I’m a schmuck in some regards. I dream of sitting next to a beautiful woman on a plane. Now I am. With no foreseeable threat from the kindly ethnic middle-aged fellow on the other side. White t-shirt, glasses hanging from it, jeans. Noticed […]
Joke I Would’ve Submitted Today Were I on the Letterman Staff
“In Anaheim, Mayor Curt Pringle announced that the city is dropping its legal challenges to the name of the Angels baseball team. However, the mayor said he would not be dropping legal challenges against his parents for giving him the name Curt Pringle.”
Exclusively for Baseball Fans of a Certain Age
Every day I ride the PATH train. Recently, we’ve been encouraged to begin using the new SmartLink card, which you simply tap at the turnstile to go through. Hey, I’m an early adopter, so I got the card. And now they’re encouraging us to register our cards online. This allows you to automatically refill your […]
"Yo’ Mama" Joke I Wrote Today, End of Sixth Inning, Yankee Stadium
“Your mama is so skinny, when she does the YMCA dance, it’s in cursive.”
Jack Silbert, curator