Tag Archives: Baseball

Baseball is a sport, most popular in the United States, Japan, and parts of Latin America. It features a pitcher, a batter, and fielders. Exciting.

September 17, 2023

Sep 2023

Grace Coolidge on Intentional Walks

Nicholas A. Ferrell

Former First Lady Grace Coolidge was a big baseball fan. She was not, however, a fan of intentional bases on balls.

September 17, 2023

Sep 2023

On Barry Bonds’ IBBs in 2006 and 2007

Nicholas A. Ferrell

Wherein I try to understand how the post-superhuman Barry Bonds in 2006 and 2007 was walked almost as much as the record-breaking Bonds of 2001-2003 (not 2004… of course).

January 18, 2023

Jan 2023

The modest virtues of self-awe

Nicholas A. Ferrell

I’m in awe of myself too.

March 11, 2022

Mar 2022

Justin and Justina 〜 The Austro-Hungarian Kitten

Nicholas A. Ferrell

You must accept Franz Purrdinand.

November 30, 2021

Nov 2021

The Story of Billy Possum, President Hoover’s Pet Opossum

Nicholas A. Ferrell

“It has been named ‘Billy Possum,’ and for the present is to be retained in Rebecca’s cage.”

November 2, 2021

Nov 2021

Justin and Justina 〜 What, exactly, is your name?

Nicholas A. Ferrell

〜We learn many surprising things about Justina’s past〜

August 26, 2021

Aug 2021

“Casey’s Revenge” – Grantland Rice’s 1896 Reply Poem to “Casey at Bat”

Nicholas A. Ferrell

〜Casey at bat again; will Casey get his revenge?〜

March 4, 2021

Mar 2021

Justin & Justina 〜 The Pitching Injury

Nicholas A. Ferrell

Examining the line(drive) between a pitching injury and an injury incurred while pitching?