From the category archives:
There is an easy trick to feeling smart.
Sure, there are the hard ways. You could take grad school classes for fun or read Marcel Proust or listen to “This American Life”. But those efforts will only give you an inflated sense of superiority — not smartitudeness.
For a healthy dose of intelligence, you should [...]
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I thought my betting curse was over. I thought I had conquered it.
Nope. I was just too cocky.
When I bet Josh earlier this month that my Dodgers would beat his Cubs in the NLDS, I didn’t expect to win.
So when LA swept a Chicago team that won 97 games in convincing fashion, and [...]
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Mere minutes before the beginning of the Dodgers-Cubs NLDS series started last week, I e-mailed Chicago native and all-around cool Cubs fan Josh of Berg with Fries the following message:
“Okay,” I wrote, “let’s make a bet. If your Cubs win the series, I have to wear a Cubs cap and post a photo on my [...]
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Jim Caple, you are not alone.
Henry Fonda did it. He faced off against an entire jury of white dudes who didn’t agree with him. And it wasn’t easy.
If he was able to do it, I’m sure even you, Jim Caple, can convince the entire baseball world why the Dodgers will beat [...]
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“The game is designed to break your heart. God i love/hate you, baseball.” — Jess, baseball lover and New York Yankees fan
I have never been in an abusive relationship.
The closest I ever came to one was when I was young and stupid in college and my then-girlfriend asked me to stop flirting with her [...]
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After the Dodgers lost their fourth straight game to the Phillies and dropped below .500 and 3 games out of first place, an L.A. Times reporter asked manager Joe Torre what he could say to his team to snap them out of their funk.
Torre, who is getting paid $13 million for three years of his [...]
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In an exclusive interview for Arjewtino.com, newly acquired Los Angeles Dodger Manny Ramirez spoke with fellow baseball-loving blogger I Now Pronounce You.
A Boston Red Sox for the past 8 years, Ramirez has become famous for his “Manny Moments” — disappearing into the Green Monster for bathroom breaks, wearing mp3-playing sunglasses on the field, and high-fiving [...]
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Alyssa Milano, every teenage boy’s favorite masturbation fantasy crush from the 1980s, said earlier this month that she would no longer date baseball players because they’re “too childish”.
Alyssa was quoted as saying: “They are grown men playing a little boy’s sport. That makes them childish.”
Pretty big talk from a chick getting paid by Major [...]
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Every so often I get mail. Not the electronic kind but actual paper.
This “mail” comes to my house in all forms. Bills. Love letters from deranged blog fans. Everyday with Rachael Ray Sports Illustrated.
Every so often, I even receive postcards.
The other day I got one from an organization called Maryland Citizens [...]
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The first baseball card I ever owned was a 1987 Topps Jose Canseco rookie card.
I was 12 years old and had only recently started taking an interest in baseball.
I remember opening that first Topps card pack, eating the stale pink stick of gum, and wondering who the hell this Jose Canseco was.
I was [...]
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