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Why Baseball, Books, and the Grateful Dead matter


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  • Stat Agnosticism

    Even though I have been a member of SABR (Society of American Baseball Research) and a regular visitor to sites like Fangraphs, Baseball Savant, and Baseball Reference, I really have come to consider myself to be a Stat Agnostic, if not an outright Stat Atheist. I enjoy reading articles and hearing people on podcasts discuss Read more

  • Some More Book Covers

    For the past few years I have been downsizing my various “collections” of books. Here are some of the great paperbacks I recently got rid of. Enjoy the great artwork! Read more

  • Some of my earliest and fondest “book-memories” are of the kind of paperback books my father and uncles used to read. The kind of books I would find on tables and shelves in various bunkhouses or in the”office” (trailer) at the city dump where my Uncle Carl used to work: westerns and detective fiction… cheap Read more

  • AI & Me

    I have been using the AI feature that comes with WordPress lately to create many of the “illustrations” that come with my blog post. Including the one that is here. I am not sure how I feel about it. The convenience is great. The results erratic (as in the picture below). Yet I struggle with Read more

  • Christmas Card

    I wish you all the peace and joy of the season. Merry Christmas! Artist:El GrecoYear:1603-1605Medium:oil on canvasDimensions:128 cm diameter (50 in)Location: Santuario de Nuestra Señora de la Caridad, Illescas Read more