GoodEnough For Me: Analysis of Stats

This is the second entry a series, GoodEnough For Me, a companion series to Extrapolator’s Smell’s Like Pujols.  The original GoodEnough can be found here, and the latest entry in SMP can be read here. 
We are just about 2 weeks into spring training, a time when sports writers are happy to be wearing short [...]

Hypocrisy and Politicians, just another day in Washington

Mr. Thursday is not a fan of hypocrisy. In fact, we find it especially irredeemable by politicians (we’re so frequently disappointed). So, when John McCain hired Terry Nelson to be his campaign manager, we were upset.
Remember that Swift Boat campaign against John Kerry? John Kerry, a decorated veteran, was accused of anti-American sentiments for his [...]

A Waste of 17% of Our Day

So, the Oscars were presented last night.  Twenty-four awards over the course of four hours.  Through the power and mysticism of Hollywood, those four hours were made to feel like something much, much longer, as Ellen Degeneres has all the humor and  talent of a dog licking itself.  Well, maybe not that funny.  And she’s [...]

Foot & Meter: You Silly Nonce

Nonce words are a subject that, for Mr. Thursday, may never reach conclusion. They are neologisms created specifically for an immediate occasion or moment, without intent of repetition. Thusly, they need to be immediately accessible in the sense that, in their brief flash of existence, their purpose needs to be understood within their context.
Nonce words [...]

Hiding in the Dark

Mr. Thursday has a significant interest in science, though, among all the branches of knowledge in the world, this is, perhaps, the one we find most frustrating. After all, it takes a specific and specialized group of knowledge to calculate how fast fire travels. No matter how often we ask, our chemical engineer [...]

If I Ran Major League Baseball

The second of our entries to the If I Ran website is up, and can be viewed here.
It’s certainly a less complete entry than we’d like–how we forgot to address the hideous situation of listening to Joe Buck, Tim McCarver and Joe Morgan throughout the playoffs is inexcusable. That said, we still think it’s worth [...]

GoodEnough For Me 2007

In blatant plagiarism adoration for The Extrapolater’s latest baseball related idea, Mr. Thursday introduces unto you GoodEnough For Me, 2007 Edition, a sort of unauthorized companion piece to Extrapolater’s Smells Like Pujols.
We’ll let The Extrapolater explain for himself what Smells Like Pujols is:
My feature for the MLB season is called Smells Like Pujols. Jose Alberto [...]

A Little Moonlighting

Mr. Thursday is trying his hand in contributing to the works of others, as he’s adding a couple of entries to the already excellent “If I Ran” blog, specifically on baseball and the Phillies.  We’d love for you to check them out.  Link is in the sidebar. 
 ”If I Ran” is a multiple-author sports blog in [...]