Pearlman Responds To My Post About “Bay Bay’s Kids”
I received an email from Jeff Pearlman, author of The Bad Guys Won this morning regarding the Bay Bay’s Kids vs. bebe’s kids question. He said I was right that it’s actually bebe’s kids. I’m pretty impressed with myself since I’m generally wrong about those kinds of things. I was thinking the reply would be that there are alternate spellings. Makes you wonder about who at Harper-Collins edited the book.
Anyway, I’m enjoying the book a lot. The first twenty pages or so seemed a bit disorganized to me but now it seems to be getting a bit more cohesive. I’m only 46 pages in so we’ll see how it goes.
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Good Game and Good News
Those of you who like pitchers duels got a dandy last night as the Mets won a 1-0 contest against the Diamondbacks. Those of you who like offense could have turned off your TVs after the second pitch of the game. That’s the pitch that Kaz Matsui blasted into the left field stands for the games only run.
Beyond that the matchup of Tom Glavine vs. Randy Johnson lived up to it’s billing. Each pitcher allowed only 3 hits with Johnson going 7 innings and Glavine lasting 7 2/3 before giving way to Braden Looper who got his first save in what seems like forever (5th of the season).
The offense was lax against one of the best pitchers in the game but will get a shot in the arm as they face some more of the NLs top pitchers over the next few days. Cliff Floyd should be activated from the disabled list today in time for what could be the teams toughest string of games this year against Brandon Webb tonight in Arizona and Roy Oswalt, Andy Pettitte & Roger Clemens this weekend in Houston.
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I Stand Corrected
Aaron Cohen points out that there is, in fact, a Toys R Us at 45th and Broadway. Thanks to Aaron and apologies to Jeff Pearlman.
I’m still hoping that someone will set me straight on the Bay Bay’s kids vs. bebe’s kids issue. Is Bay Bay an accepted spelling? I know bebe is pronounced the same way. It’s the spelling that I’m looking for. Use the comments link if you know.
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Done In By A
Man Named Shea
The Mets got beat by a Shea Hillenbrand homer last night. Is it just coincidence that they got beat by a man named Shea? (That’s it for now. More later.)
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Mets-Diamondbacks Trivia
Question: Which former Met is currently a member of the Arizona Diamondbacks coaching staff?
Answer: Diamondbacks third base coach Al Pedrique played in 5 games for the Amazins in 1987 before being traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Bill Almon.
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Another Error In
The Bad Guys Won?
OK. Maybe I’m being picky. But on page 15 Kevin Mitchell is quoted as saying:
“Tore up that plane like Bay Bay’s Kids”
Being a teen during the eighties I’m familiar enough with the slang of the time to know that it’s bebe’s kids. Am I wrong? Use the comment link below to let me know.
Besides the two things I’ve pointed out so far I find the book to be a little disorganized. Pearlman is skipping around telling anecdotes out of chronological order. It appears that the approach is to tell related stories next to each other but it just seems a bit helter skelter to me. Despite that I’ve actually enjoyed the first 25 pages of the book. So like I said at the beginning of this post maybe I’m being too picky.
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Error in The
Bad Guys Won?
I read the introduction to The Bad Guys Won by Jeff Pearlman on the subway this morning and spotted what I think may be an error. On page 5 Pearlman mentions how there’s a Toys R Us in Times Square. If I’m not mistaken the Toys R Us is not in Times Square but is on 34th street across the street from Herald Square. Am I right or is the writer right? Use the comment feature below to reply.
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Bill Pulsipher in Newsday
There’s an article on Bill Pulsipher in Newsday.com – Minor League Baseball report.
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Project Knuckleball
The latest New Yorker magazine has a nice article by Ben McGrath about the knuckle ball and those who throw it entitled Project Knuckleball. This one came to me courtesy of Jeff at the Leone For Third blog, a blog about the Seattle Mariners.
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Ideas for baseball to
attract more kids
I picked this up off of another baseball blog (I forget which one). It’s a nice article by Rick Bozich titled Ideas for baseball to attract more kids. In the wake of Spider-gate Bozich has the right idea.
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