Tue, February 9, 2010

Baseball and Philosophy Around the Web

 

Can Adrian Beltre’s Outstanding Defense Be More Entertaining Please?

Posted 1 month ago

Benjamin Franklin probably knew that saving a penny was not the most interesting way of netting a cent. Justifying his acquisition of the slight-hitting but slick-fielding Adrian Beltre, Boston Red Sox General Manager Theo…

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Is Self-Interest in the Self-Interest of Free Agents?

Posted 1 month, 3 weeks ago

During cold winters, unemployed Major League Baseball players refuse the warmth and security of multi-million dollar multi-year job offers. Fans, watching from a judgmental distance, remain convinced that once they had enough money to live on, they would accept the first offer thrown their way,…

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Can Pedro Martinez Eat 50 Hard Boiled Eggs?

Posted 3 months, 1 week ago

Yankees fans chanted “Who’s your daddy?” at the great Pedro Martinez after Hideki Matsui’s 6th inning home runĀ  broke a 1-1 tie in Game 2 of the 2009 World Series. But the chanted question, if understood rhetorically, meant nothing. The Yankees did not vanquish Martinez.

At that point,…

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