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There was talk of this in the comments this morning, and it has been making the rounds via email today: THE CONFIRMATION HEARING OF SONIA SOTOMAYER, IF THE HEARING WERE HELD IN FRONT OF THE 1977 KANSAS CITY ROYALS INSTEAD OF THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE. (Thanks to many for the link)

Things to read as you wonder whether heckling the kids trying to catch the fly balls during the Derby makes you a bad person . . . If you only read one butt-headed, xenophobic comment from a former MSM columnist who is unawre of geography and demographics today, make sure it’s this one. A very […]

Note: due to the All-Star break, we now bring you a special “Classic” version of “And That Happened.” The following originally ran on July 14, 1956. Glad that All-Star break is over. Man, Griffith Stadium leaves a lot to be desired! Only 28,000 in attendance? Maybe they’d draw more people if they stretched the event […]

Unfortunately, it will only be the morning, as I have to leave in about five minutes to go to a hearing in beautiful Jackson, Ohio. Johnny and June Carter weren’t singing about that Jackson. Neither was Lucinda Williams. In fact, I think the only notable thing about Jackson, Ohio was that they filmed a big […]

Formerly known as the Von Hayes All Stars, Chris looks at which vets have most noticeably declined.

Why do we need an All-Star break? I’m not even tired . . . Tigers 10, Indians 1: I listened to this game on the radio while painting the railing and trim around my front porch with ShysterFather. ShysterFather is great, if for no other reason than he’ll help me paint my porch, but he’s […]

Given that about 40% of my posts simply come from Googling the word “baseball,” I fail to see the humor here.

I should call it my morning in Hell. I got four posts in over at the Blue Network when I was dragged into a meeting that probably didn’t need my presence. Two hours later and I’m just now emerging, and no, I am not a better man because of it. And guess what? At 1pm, […]

Nationals 11, Astros 10: Everyone will be writing this morning about how Joel Hanrahan got the win in this game despite no longer playing for the Nats and how Nyjer Morgan scored the winning run even though he was playing for the Pirates when the game started. Even trippier, though, is that (a) both men […]

Not doing ATH this morning has completely thrown me off my game. I have no idea how I structured my day before I started writing it. And not just my blogging day. My whole morning schedule — including my coffee, my shower, and my commute downtown — was simply out of whack, and I think […]