I knew the deGrom jinx would work. Walking off the mound Wednesday evening, having given up an awful one run in six innings, deGrom’s otherworldly ERA+ had fallen to 744, only about triple that produced by the greatest pitchers in the … Continue reading
I know, I know, small sample size, but you gotta love this one, from the world of baseball. New York Mets (and former Binghamton Met) phenom Jacob deGrom’s first four starts this year have yielded an ERA+ of 1227. (Dramatic … Continue reading
I can see it now… those Standard Time diehards, protesting the state of Georgia’s proposed legislation to make Daylight Savings Time permanent. Pretty soon they’ll be canceling Atlanta sports contests and boycotting peaches and such over it. I tried to … Continue reading
Don’t look now but my hometown NBA team (that would be the Washington Wizards) are in sole possession of 10th place—and the final playoff spot—in the Eastern Conference. Tonight the Wiz take on the once formidable Oklahoma City Thunder. OKC … Continue reading
An all-too-popular conspiracy theory, floating through the American psyche and blogosphere since March 2020, is that COVID-19 is actually some grand government plan to expand the size of the state and keep citizens subservient for the rest of human civilization. … Continue reading
As of tomorrow I go from seeing a quarter of my students a quarter of the time to seeing half of my students half of the time. Tell me how that math adds up and you can take over my … Continue reading
I’m in the middle of two stories right now, both related, I suppose, to the idea of manhood. One more explicitly than the other. The first is my new book, To Raise a Boy, by Emma Brown, she of I-broke-the-Brett-Kavanaugh-Christine-Blasey-Ford-story fame. … Continue reading
Never mind cellphones and the Internet. I try to tell my son I grew up in a world without strawberry milkshake PopTarts and the boy just doesn’t believe me. Seriously, who could imagine such an existence? … Continue reading
Coca-Cola Tic Tacs. Wow. It’s like my two favorite things in the world had a beautiful child together for me to enjoy. Thank you, world. Thank you. … Continue reading
I received at my home the other day the alumni magazine for George Mason University. Never mind that I am not a George Mason alum and neither is anyone in my family, I do enjoy perusing its pages. Imagine my … Continue reading