Wed, May 16, 2012

Baseball and Philosophy Around the Web

 

Why the Lying of Roger Clemens is Worse Than Living in Pittsburgh

Posted 1 year, 8 months ago

Here’s a parody of a debate over crime between a liberal and a conservative. Conservative: Blame the criminal. Liberal: Blame society. Here’s a parody of a debate over poverty between a liberal and a conservative. Conservative: Blame the lazy individual. Liberal: Blame the inequities in the…

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Manny Existing Manny

Posted 1 year, 11 months ago

Manny Ramirez returns to Fenway Park tonight, after being traded by the Boston Red Sox to the Los Angeles Dodgers on July 31, 2008. Despite Manny’s immense popularity over his eight year tenure in Boston, the parting was sour. During his last week in a Sox uniform, many Boston fans came to…

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Is Stephen Strasburg the Pope of Washington?

Posted 1 year, 11 months ago

Stephen Strasburg Announced his Presence with Authority

Fairness is when the same rules apply to everyone. Greatness, in the minds of some, is deserving of special treatment.

There’s a famous anecdote, presumably apocryphal, attributed to the Hall of Fame Umpire Bill Klem. “Son,” Klem said…

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