An Account or Description of a Real Baseball Game

Base and Ball

The purpose of this post is to announce — for the benefit, in particular, of those readers who possess responsibilities which might preclude them from monitoring very closely such developments — the purpose is to announce not only that spring-training baseball has begun in earnest, but also that audio and visual of same is now officially available by way of MLB.TV and probably by other means, as well.

The image embedded above depicts a moment from the Yankees-Phillies contest currently underway in probably Clearwater, Florida. In it, New York right-hander Nick Goody delivers a pitch to Philadelphia third baseman Cody Asche. What sort of pitch? It’s not immediately apparent. The result of the at bat? The reader is surely capable of finding that sort of information. As in most cases, the precise details are immaterial. One is satisfied to learn, merely, that this excellent and useless pastime continues.





Carson Cistulli has published a book of aphorisms called Spirited Ejaculations of a New Enthusiast.

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Nick
9 years ago

and they say poetry is dead.

McNulty
9 years ago
Reply to  Nick

The purpose of this comment–because I’m confused–the purpose is to wonder why, and perhaps since when, you, Carson, decided, or happened, to write like this.

Not that I didn’t enjoy the latest Dayn Perry podcast.

McNulty
9 years ago
Reply to  McNulty

What preceded this comment, what preceded this was one man’s quest, perhaps to be misinterpreted by others, was one man’s quest to understand the essence of Fangraphs.com writer, Carson Cistulli.