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George Levin

Aug 31, 202112 min read

Javy Baez, Steve Cohen and Twenty-First Century Human Resourcing

ESPN, Mets ownership and MLB Network finally managed to put me off baseball news commentary, at least for the week, if not the whole...

George Levin

Jun 10, 20213 min read

A Note to Congratulate the U.S. Men's Soccer Team on a Spectacular Nations Cup Final Victory

This is really frustrating because I just wanted to post a note about how awesome it was that the U.S. Men's National Soccer team had won...

George Levin

Jun 9, 202121 min read

"The Stupidest Play I've Ever Seen" - A Baseball Tutorial (Part 2)

My last post introduced readers who are unfamiliar with baseball (or who just want a refresher from their childhood) to the basic rules...

George Levin

May 29, 202114 min read

"Certainly the Stupidest" - An Introduction to Baseball for Non-Americans, Nerds & Novices (Part 1)

This was just so much fun, and even though every sports news office, desk and segment in the country ran the clip last night, because its...

George Levin

May 19, 20213 min read

League of Legends - Pujols Brings Veteran Calm to the Dodger Lineup

It was odd how normal it all seemed. One future hall-of-famer wearing the soon-to-be-retired jersey number of another hall-of-famer on...

George Levin

May 12, 20212 min read

Whoever is Holding Up the Howard Terminal Ballpark Doesn't Love Oakland, Not Protecting Black People

Lemme start by saying, I stayed a night once in the Emeryville Holiday Inn and THE FUCKING WATER HEATER RAN OUT folks, at a hotel! So...

George Levin

May 7, 20213 min read

Rangers-Capitals Drama Is the Worst Thing To Ever Happen To Hockey, And The NHL Is Wholly At Fault

Ok, here's a subject worth my time. I don't love hockey, I like hockey, and as such, I am the most important person on the planet to...

George Levin

Apr 11, 20215 min read

What is this Unity?

What is a unit? It seems a fundamental enough place to start if we are going to answer that question in the title of this post, 'what is...

George Levin

Apr 1, 202110 min read

Truth, Life and Baseball - Welcome Back to Normal

I've got a couple of posts in mind today, so we'll start with the pleasanter one and see how I'm feeling when we get to the bottom. I was...

George Levin

Mar 15, 20214 min read

My COVID-19 PSA - A Virus Works Like Velcro on a Tennis Ball

Ok folks, so my dad is a county health officer, one of those local public health officials everyone was so focused on in the last year of...