Showing posts with label Baseball. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Baseball. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Show us the game--and by that I mean one game

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I decided to watch some MLB pennant chase action last week, and I first turned to MLB Network so I could see ongoing coverage of all the gam...
Thursday, April 5, 2018

MLB Teams Ranked in Ascending Order of the Coolness of Their Managers' Surnames

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THE BOTTOM TIER (Nondescript/not much to say about them): 30) Philadelphia Phillies Gabe Kapler 29) Atlanta Braves Brian Snitker 28)...
Thursday, March 29, 2018

My annual pack of baseball cards

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Happy Opening Day, everyone! Time for over 6 months of smug baseball writers mocking older writers, sports radio hosts, and dumb fans for th...
Wednesday, January 3, 2018

10 Things I Loved in 2018

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Don't consider this a top 10, but consider it...a 10. Don't consider this a Bo Derek 10, but consider it...Ah, you get the idea. Her...
Monday, December 19, 2016

Brooks on Books: Disco Demolition

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This is an odd but totally compelling book. I admit I just love the fact that someone wrote a whole book about one of the most infamous nig...
Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Brooks on Books: Ahead of the Curve by Brian Kenny

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Longtime ESPN/MLB Network personality Brian Kenny is often confrontational in his new book, Ahead of the Curve , but he does not attack indi...
Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Brooks on Books: A Baseball Doubleheader

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I'm going to try to catch up on a few MLB-themed reviews while the playoffs are ongoing, but don't worry: I do read about things oth...
Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Fall TV 2016: Pitch on Fox

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I love baseball. I love television. I sure would love a great television show about baseball. Unfortunately, I could not get through 15 mi...
Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Hey. let's not forget about Dick Enberg

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The deserved outpouring of appreciation for legendary Dodgers announcer Vin Scully overshadowed the retirement from play by play of another ...
Tuesday, September 27, 2016

My favorite Vin Scully moment

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Writing about an old episode of Alcoa Theatre called "Flashing Spikes" a few years ago,  I described long-long-longtime L.A. Dodg...
Wednesday, August 24, 2016

Fall Book Preview (that is, a list of upcoming books that I want to read)

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Nothing against literary fiction, mind you, but I'm focusing on the books I really want to buy this fall. Here, in no particular order,...
Thursday, August 18, 2016

Shameless self-promotion: Underrated baseball movies at ClassicFlix (plus my favorite "modern" ones)

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Check out my newest feature at ClassicFlix: a look at underrated baseball films. Tell 'em Cultureshark sent you, and don't you dare ...
Saturday, July 2, 2016

Shameless Self-Promotion: TV--Uh, I mean, a REVIEW at ClassicFlix!

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Please head on over to the good folks at ClassicFlix and check out my look at "It Happened in Flatbush," an entertaining movie com...
Sunday, May 29, 2016

Ball Bloopers

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Last night, through the magic of Roku, I was wandering through local TV news from around the country (No need for an intervention--this is t...
Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Shameless Self-Promotion: The Kid from Cleveland reviewed at ClassicFlix

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I have a new review up at ClassicFlix, and it's a fun "social problems" movie that happens to have a ton of footage of the old...
Monday, November 11, 2013

MIA: The Baseball Bunch

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Ready to play We're learning the way To do it right We're the Baseball Bunch Let us talk about the power of Cultureshark. You w...
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Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Baseball plus TV plus self-promotion = this post

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My latest TV Time column is now up at ClassicFlix together. Get revved up for the pennant drive by checking out my All-Star team of baseball...
Saturday, August 31, 2013

Speaking on Sports

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I compiled some sports-related "Shark Bytes"-ish comments into a single post. If you aren't into sports, though, feel free to ...
Wednesday, May 15, 2013

On the Road: PNC Park (Part 3)

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Still MORE stuff I learned while watching some baseball with my father in the 'Burgh... *"Turn It On Again" by Genesis is a ...
Monday, May 6, 2013

On the road: PNC Park (part 1)

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My dad and I enjoyed an outstanding road trip to see a few Pirates games at PNC Park a few weeks ago, and I learned a lot during our visit t...