• Welcome to Doctober!

    Can­not wait to watch Doc Hal­la­day dis­man­tle the Cincin­nati Reds tonight. I know the talk­ing heads have hyped their staff to death, but they sim­ply don’t match up well. Here’s hop­ing they can stay away from Joey Vot­to and Jay Bruce to reg­u­late the Reds. Doc­to­ber starts tonight!

  • In Love with Louie

    Biggest sur­prise of the sum­mer for this blog­ger? It’s “Louie,” hands down. Marked improve­ment over “Lucky Louise,” his short-lived show on HBO, which last­ed just a sea­son. His raw standup and wry wit were per­fect­ly blend­ed into a more coher­ent nar­ra­tive detail­ing his dai­ly drag. Love when a come­di­an takes on the big issues, makes fun­ny…

  • It’s Time for Playoff Baseball

    First, I want to say con­grat­u­la­tions to our Philadel­phia Phillies for once again defy­ing the odds and fin­ish­ing with the best record in base­ball for the first time in club his­to­ry. It’s no mean feat in any sea­son, let alone one in which the team was sim­ply rav­aged by injuries to key play­ers all year long.…

  • I’ve Seen a Darkness

    Just watched The Promise, a new doc­u­men­tary about Bruce Spring­steen’s Dark­ness on the Edge of Town. I have mixed feel­ings. I’ll be writ­ing about it for Fancast.com this week.

  • I Ate a Roast Pork Sandwich

    But it was, like, from the future! Because I used my iPhone! Tony Luke’s nev­er tast­ed so good at Cit­i­zens Bank Park. And then I wrote about that expe­ri­ence for the 700 lev­el.