We have our first appearance of Voodoo Sabermetrics over at Babes Love Baseball. It’s in good hands, let me tell you. Our first victim is Miguel Tejada.
Also going very strong right now is my collaboration with Brian from One More Dying Quail – we talk minor league baseball at Bus Leagues Baseball right here on [...]
Archive for the ‘Blogrollin'’ Category
Outsourcing Labor for Baseball Season
Posted in Baseball, Blogrollin', Smells Like Pujols on March 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Quick Content Update:
Two of our favorite features from baseball season will live on this season, though I still have no plans to re-start this site any time soon.
Voodoo Sabermetrics will now run on the far superior baseball site Babes Love Baseball.
Smells Like Pujols will be rejiggered a bit to determine the potential of minor league [...]
My Chat with Jay Busbee
Posted in Blogrollin', Celebrities, Sports/Real Life, tagged Jay Busbee, writing advice on October 12, 2007 | 3 Comments »
I had an assignment for a writing class recently: interview someone who does what you want to do. So I chose Jay Busbee, who has been a font of wisdom and encouragement in my general direction for a while now. Our Q&A was truly enjoyable, and I will preface it by saying that I was [...]
Sisters Are Doin’ It for Themselves
Posted in Blogrollin', tagged Babes Love Baseball, Ballhype, Chicago Sports Weekly, Ladies..., Leave the Man Alone, Need4Sheed, Strike Zones and End Zones on October 9, 2007 | 8 Comments »
They are women, hear them roar. I interviewed some of our favorite female bloggers for Chicago Sports Weekly, and this is what came of it:
Six Degrees of Separation (page 28)
Yes, I know this would be easier to read if it were on a website instead of a .pdf But this ain’t the Gemini missions….
Sports Media Journal is Even-Handed about ESPN
Posted in Blogrollin', tagged ESPN on October 3, 2007 | 1 Comment »
This may be one of the first and last times you see this – a non knee-jerk response to ESPN on a blog. Worth a read for you open-minded types:
Criticism of ESPN Examined
and
Suggestions for Fixing the Problem
That is all. Return to your ranting.
Another Blogger in Print
Posted in Baseball, Blogrollin' on October 2, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Usually I’m pumping up my own contributions to the MSM, but sometimes I get the happy feeling that comes with promoting others. Today, it’s one of my favorite baseball writers – Adam Godson from Bugs & Cranks. He put his Cubs knowledge to work and published a piece about Chicago reliever Carlos Marmol [...]
Start Thinking Basketball… NOW!
Posted in Blogrollin', College Basketball, tagged NBA Basketball on September 25, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
College Basketball is my favorite sport to watch on TV without exception. I’ve started to think bball thoughts as my favorite bloggers have begun to ratchet up their coverage, so I’m going to give you a troika of pieces you should read to whet your appetite:
MCBias interviews WNBA player Erin Buescher. Part one [...]
That Heitner… He’s Going Places.
Posted in Blogrollin', Sports/Real Life on September 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I got this press release from Darren of Sports Agent Blog over the weekend. I’m already signed up as a Media member, so you should drop by and do the same.
Young Entrepreneurs Launch a New Social Networking Site: “AccessAthletes.com”
Gainesville, Fla. – Sept. 24, 2007 , Darren Heitner, 22, of Hollywood, Fla. and Matthew Allinson, [...]
I Am Become Legion
Posted in Blogrollin' on September 21, 2007 | 2 Comments »
It’s a pretty common joke around these here ebays that I can’t stick to my knitting. The Extrapolater is a general sports blog, so I can write about anything here. But there are some things I love enough to want to specialize in them, and one of them is collegiate sports. Not [...]
Don’t Taze Me, Bro!
Posted in Blogrollin', College Football on September 19, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Ordinarily, I don’t do this, but I’m going to post this video, just so you’ll understand why the link amused me no end.
I think the kid was a douchewaffle (?), and anyone using this to say Kerry is a nazi is an idiot. For one thing, the guy’s irrelevant to [...]
