So says the ESPN announcer after Josh Hamilton—former cocaine and heroin addict who became a Christian, had a dream in which he was hitting home runs in Yankee Stadium, and cleaned up his act—smashed the previous record tonight by clubbing 28 home runs in the first round of the Home Run Derby, the last ever [...]
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“It’s a lousy night to be an atheist”
Posted in Sports, tagged baseball on July 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A Random Act of Kindness
Posted in Sports, tagged baseball on April 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Improv Everywhere gives some kids the best baseball game ever, blimp and all. (HT: Matt Kaspar)
The Super Bowl and Wittgenstein
Posted in Sports, philosophy, tagged Football, Wittgenstein on February 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Congratulations to the New York Giants. I knew they would win the moment I saw this catch:
No one can beat that. I missed, however, the relevance of the Philosophical Investigations to the game. Luckily, Michael Berube has a transcription.
