Pitchrs & Poets

Baseball & Cultural Ephemera compiled in the tradition of Hiroshi Arakawa, Fernando Valenzuela, and Lance Berkman. Brought to you by Pitchers & Poets. @pitchersnpoets.

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Hi internet! On my stationery and notebook-oriented podcast, I provided my co-host Adam with some tips to enjoy a baseball game. They have Pitchers & Poets in their DNA, listen in!

Episode 224: Donny Profitt — Take Note

Ted steps in it when comparing a local celebration to Mardi Gras, plus some impromptu haiku, real rodeo cowboy names, and notes from the bas

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I wrote a book. It’s called “Stealing Home” and it’s about baseball, Los Angeles, manifest destiny, immigration, family, the Red Scare, politics, housing, cities, mythologies, conspiracies etc. I’m proud as hell of it. Check it out! 

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sports, history, and sports history. written and illustrated. every week.

check out one of p&p’s children, sports stories. 

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2015 TWJ “revamped” card #126 Ichiro Suzuki (special super-duper-short-unprinted card, added after the regular set was finalized)

The Writer’s Journey

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"Who are these f@#$%ng guys?"

P&P adjunct faculty Pete Beatty on the identity of the Indians in modern Cleveland.

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The Ghistelles Calendar by unknown, Flanders c. 1301 via Walters Art Museum, Creative Commons

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medieval sportball

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Jason Giambi and How Far a Bat Can Carry You | VICE Sports

With his retirement official, Jason Giambi has become an avatar for the Steroid Era, but there's more to his career than just that.

the ballad of the giambino, from 90s 1B troubador PTB

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Addict, Priest, Luchador: The Unbelievable Life of Fray Tormenta | VICE Sports

Padre Fray Tormenta has inspired films and wrestled all over the world, but he never sought out fame; all he wanted was to support the orphans of his parish.

I got to tell the story of Fray Tormenta, a real life lucha libre folk hero. 

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Detroit Tigers second baseman Lou Whitaker (1989)

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The Immigrant Sport: What Ping-Pong Means In America

I am standing in a gaggle of table tennis players in a dark bar in Grand Rapids, Mich., on the Fourth of July. Before us, another table tennis player named Donald Hayes is playing Millipede. Donald and the others are all competing in the U.S. Open, the biggest ping-pong tournament in America, but right now that is of little importance. Donald has held the world record for high score in Millipede, Pac-Man, Centipede, and a handful of other games.

I wrote this before I started at VICE. I hope you take some time to read it. 

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Ping-pong & Poets

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Naptime

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"The Dude abides. I don’t know about you but I take comfort in that. It’s good knowin’ he’s out there. The Dude. Takin’ ‘er easy for all us sinners. Shoosh. I sure hope he makes the finals."

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I don’t know about the rules about reblogging your side blogs, but I am having a very Dude morning right now and this gif/quote sums it up nicely.

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Of Anaheim: Why the Angels Will Always be an Afterthought | VICE Sports

The Angels have always been in the Dodgers’ shadow, even when they have a better team.

I wrote about the Angels and Dodgers, their respective roles in the greater metropolis, the history of baseball in LA, and places with names that start with Rancho and Laguna .

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P&P in the wild. 

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Puig

June 2014

Dodger Stadium

Los Angeles, California

Kodak disposable-camera photo by Garrett Leight

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American League or National League? Who are you pulling for in the MLB All-Star Game tonight? Did any of your favorite players get nominated to play? ”Dodger Players,” 1952, by Justin McCarthy