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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!
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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…
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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.…
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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.
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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.