Fri, March 19, 2010

Baseball and Philosophy Around the Web

 

Why Mark McGwire’s Apology Would Not Have Fooled Sartre

Posted 2 months ago

The most striking statement in Mark McGwire’s confession of steroid use was “I wish I had never played during the steroid era.” To feel that one’s life is so alienated from one’s times is to feel a profound isolation and loneliness, for it is a wish to have lived another life.

One might suspect…

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

Posted 2 months, 1 week 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 3 months 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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