Comments on: Dean calls me out http://neoneocon.com/2006/10/16/dean-calls-me-out/ Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:17:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 By: stumbley http://neoneocon.com/2006/10/16/dean-calls-me-out/#comment-26242 stumbley Mon, 16 Oct 2006 22:41:21 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/10/16/dean-calls-me-out/#comment-26242 Neo: I'll suggest a book that I'm reading now: "3 Nights in August" by Buzz Bissinger. It's a chronicle of a 3-game series between the Cubs and the Cardinals, told from the viewpoint of Tony LaRussa, the Cards manager. For anyone with an appreciation of the intricacies of the game, this book is a treasure trove. Bissinger also wrote "Friday Night Lights", which I've not read...but based on this book, I'm going to be forced to read that one about football. I have no stake in the current NLCS (I'm a Dodgers fan), but after reading "3 Nights in August", I'm a real fan of Tony LaRussa. I'm pulling for the Cards. Neo:

I’ll suggest a book that I’m reading now: “3 Nights in August” by Buzz Bissinger. It’s a chronicle of a 3-game series between the Cubs and the Cardinals, told from the viewpoint of Tony LaRussa, the Cards manager. For anyone with an appreciation of the intricacies of the game, this book is a treasure trove. Bissinger also wrote “Friday Night Lights”, which I’ve not read…but based on this book, I’m going to be forced to read that one about football.

I have no stake in the current NLCS (I’m a Dodgers fan), but after reading “3 Nights in August”, I’m a real fan of Tony LaRussa. I’m pulling for the Cards.

]]> By: timmah! http://neoneocon.com/2006/10/16/dean-calls-me-out/#comment-26239 timmah! Tue, 17 Oct 2006 08:04:55 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/10/16/dean-calls-me-out/#comment-26239 It's not too late (unfortunately it seems to be never too late) to jump on to the ultimate comeback story, and get to know the NL to boot. Adopt the Cubs today--only six and half months until "next year is here!" (once again). It’s not too late (unfortunately it seems to be never too late) to jump on to the ultimate comeback story, and get to know the NL to boot. Adopt the Cubs today–only six and half months until “next year is here!” (once again).

]]> By: jgr http://neoneocon.com/2006/10/16/dean-calls-me-out/#comment-26240 jgr Tue, 17 Oct 2006 10:56:18 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/10/16/dean-calls-me-out/#comment-26240 Um-- neo, most of us outside NYC have trouble seeing NY teams as 'underdogs.' Just our mentality. The Cardinals surely don't see the METS that way. Um– neo, most of us outside NYC have trouble seeing NY teams as ‘underdogs.’ Just our mentality.

The Cardinals surely don’t see the METS that way.

]]> By: Justin Kardel http://neoneocon.com/2006/10/16/dean-calls-me-out/#comment-26241 Justin Kardel Tue, 17 Oct 2006 12:01:01 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/10/16/dean-calls-me-out/#comment-26241 I don't ever recall the Mets being considered underdogs in this series. Everybody said that the Mets fabulous offence would tear up the Cardnals, whose pitching has been league average at best this season. Saint Louis has done better than most had expected so far. I'm rooting for LaRussa and the Cards, 'cause as an A's fan, he's the closest thing to Oakland still in the playoffs. Yeah, that ALCS still smarts. I don’t ever recall the Mets being considered underdogs in this series. Everybody said that the Mets fabulous offence would tear up the Cardnals, whose pitching has been league average at best this season. Saint Louis has done better than most had expected so far.

I’m rooting for LaRussa and the Cards, ’cause as an A’s fan, he’s the closest thing to Oakland still in the playoffs. Yeah, that ALCS still smarts.

]]> By: Steve http://neoneocon.com/2006/10/16/dean-calls-me-out/#comment-26236 Steve Tue, 17 Oct 2006 13:39:53 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/10/16/dean-calls-me-out/#comment-26236 I expect Detroit will make New Yorkers miserable for a second time this month. I expect Detroit will make New Yorkers miserable for a second time this month.

]]> By: camojack http://neoneocon.com/2006/10/16/dean-calls-me-out/#comment-26237 camojack Tue, 17 Oct 2006 14:00:31 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/10/16/dean-calls-me-out/#comment-26237 Thinking about sex can help you get through baseball without "losing it". Thinking about sex can help you get through baseball without “losing it”.

]]> By: douglas http://neoneocon.com/2006/10/16/dean-calls-me-out/#comment-26238 douglas Tue, 17 Oct 2006 15:46:29 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/10/16/dean-calls-me-out/#comment-26238 Baseball is a poetic game, but it's more in the drama and tradition than in the actual action. Now hockey- that's a graceful sport! Oh, I know, 'they fight, they're hooligans on ice', but the combination of speed, finesse, athleticism, and toughness makes it the the best all around sport. Baseball is a poetic game, but it’s more in the drama and tradition than in the actual action. Now hockey- that’s a graceful sport! Oh, I know, ‘they fight, they’re hooligans on ice’, but the combination of speed, finesse, athleticism, and toughness makes it the the best all around sport.

]]> By: goesh http://neoneocon.com/2006/10/16/dean-calls-me-out/#comment-26243 goesh Tue, 17 Oct 2006 18:07:14 +0000 http://neoneocon.com/2006/10/16/dean-calls-me-out/#comment-26243 It's darn hard to beat a mess of squirrels on the grill watching them cook with your dirty boots kicked up on the deck rail, their blood still on your clothes, an empty belly with dogs anticipating the leftovers, the air crisp and leaves falling, knowing that right now is all you'll ever have to fully own, seeing the disdain on the wife's face, knowing I can't enter the house until it's all cleaned up and out of sight, my shotgun cased and the bloody clothes left in the shed. It's not so much the reversion to the Primitive that matters, it's the vulnerability of the Modern..... It’s darn hard to beat a mess of squirrels on the grill watching them cook with your dirty boots kicked up on the deck rail, their blood still on your clothes, an empty belly with dogs anticipating the leftovers, the air crisp and leaves falling, knowing that right now is all you’ll ever have to fully own, seeing the disdain on the wife’s face, knowing I can’t enter the house until it’s all cleaned up and out of sight, my shotgun cased and the bloody clothes left in the shed. It’s not so much the reversion to the Primitive that matters, it’s the vulnerability of the Modern…..

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