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Chibi Ichiro!

I believe this is supposed to be a comprehensive review of Ichiro’s career:

Perhaps he should think about adopting the ankle-length blue hair seen in this video as his real-life hairstyle…but I have a feeling that if anyone’s going to do that, it’s going to be Brian Wilson.

Wait, I’ve had this dream

Gwinnett Ballet Theater dancers in a promotion with the Gwinnett Braves. From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Sales pitch

I got a phone call today from the Angels selling season ticket plans. Despite the single-game tickets I’ve bought over the last decade-plus, this is the first time I’ve ever been called by a salesperson from any team — never the Angels previously, not the Dodgers, not any of the teams we’ve seen on the [...]

Cardinals championship ruins joke

In 1996, I sent Levi a condolence card after the National League Championship Series, in which the Braves came back from being down 3 games to 1 to the Cardinals (including a 14-0 win at Busch Stadium in Game 5).

In 2004, I sent Levi a condolence card after the Red Sox swept the Cardinals in [...]

My favorite types of balls: base and pin

Available for play at the California Extreme arcade game show a couple of weeks back:

Gottlieb’s Big Hit (1977)…

Gottlieb’s World Series (1972)…

Williams’ 1962 World Series (1962), in very good condition…

Oh, no — oh, yes!

Guess I should say a few words about Matt Garza’s no-hitter last night, which I watched in its entirety on ESPN. Hopefully there won’t be any claims that the no-hitter wasn’t all that impressive because it came against the beset-by-injury Tigers.

The play that really “saved” it was a running catch by right fielder Ben [...]

Cereal killer

Not as good as Hostess Baseballs, but it’ll have to do.

A force for good

2004: We go on a baseball road trip, there is one perfect game during the season, and the Red Sox win the World Series for the first time since 1918.
2010: We go on a baseball road trip, there are at least two perfect games during the season, and…?

Perfection

Mark Buehrle’s perfect game today is the first to occur since a few months before our road trip, which I note is coming up on its 5th anniversary. Of course I’m sorry it came against the Rays, but we like Buehrle here at baseballrelated.com.

Take Me Out...

Those of you who know me know why I think this poster, now appearing on my living room wall, is totally awesome — it combines two of my interests.

It’s also a bit of a lie. There’s no regular “historic streetcar” service to AT&T Park right now; it’s only in the planning and occasional demonstration [...]