Showing posts with label Sports. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sports. 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 10, 2018

Journey Into DVD: The best handball sequence in cinema history?

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Is there a better name for a movie than APPOINTMENT WITH DANGER? I mean, apart from MEGAFORCE? Let's just leave that one alone. A...
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...
Sunday, April 30, 2017

ESPN and its so-called liberal agenda

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I feel like I shouldn't dignify the semi-popular theory that ESPN laid off 100 or so people because the audience is rejecting its left-w...
Wednesday, March 1, 2017

Instant Gratification Theater: Greatest Sports Legends on Amazon Prime

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One of the biggest joys I had during my latest brief stint on Amazon Prime (I'd get the annual option, but I'm not a JOINER, man...U...
Friday, December 30, 2016

Cultureshark Remembers: Year-End Edition Part IV

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Here's our final look at the notable deaths of 2016, with a recommendation or embedded video of something to check out from each individ...
Thursday, December 29, 2016

Cultureshark Remembers: Year-End Edition (Part III)

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Continuing our look at the notable deaths in 2016 with a recommendation/video for each one: JULY Michael Cimino: The Deer Hunter I nev...
Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Cultureshark Remembers: Year-End Edition (Part II)

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Continuing our look at the notable deaths of 2016, with a recommendation of something to check out, or maybe just an embedded video, to reme...
Tuesday, December 27, 2016

Cultureshark Remembers: Year-End Edition (Part 1)

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It's been said over and over again how 2016 was a terrible year for prominent deaths, with seemingly one celebrity after another leaving...
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...