MISTER FADED GLORY
I'd call this blog a "Critique of Life," except that sounds way too pretentious.
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Tag Archives: The Big Lead
Sabermetrics: The Art of Intellectual Superiority
Well, things had been quiet on the Grantland beat. For three weeks, several prominent writers contributed surprise freelance pieces to Grantland: Charley Pierce, Bryan Curtis, Mark Lisanti, Michael Schur, and even Jimmy Kimmel. You never know who will pop up. … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Opinion, Sports Media
Tagged Grantland, Jonah Lehrer, Marketing, Qualitative and Quantitative, Sabermetrics, The Big Lead
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The Bounce-Back League
“After week one, it doesn’t feel like you’re 0-1. It feels like 0-10.” Mark Sanchez chose those words. And boy, is he right. We’re always so excited for the NFL to begin that we leap – off cliffs – to … Continue reading
Attack of the sports columnists.
Previously, we touched on the growing propensity of straw men within current columnist arguments. Often, some of our favorites, your favorites, and even yours truly, construct a straw man in order to argue their point of view as rebuttal instead … Continue reading
Posted in Sports Media
Tagged Colin Cowherd, Drew Magary, Hypocrisy, Jason Whitlock, Lebron James, Mike Wilbon, Rob Neyer, Sports Media, The Big Lead
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Lebron, no longer vs. the World
From The Big Lead, I clipped and pasted evidence of the conventional wisdom surrounding one of Lebron James’ oft-discussed landing possibilities: The Chicago Bulls. Why would LeBron go to a franchise where he has no chance of being the best … Continue reading
Sabermetric, Writer, Hypocrite.
Yesterday ESPN senior baseball blogger Rob Neyer used his Twitter feed to point out his condescending response to an aspiring blogger’s letter. I confess I didn’t pay much attention at the time, just rolling my eyes. But I’ve taken a … Continue reading
Posted in Baseball, Sports Media
Tagged Baseball, Bert Blyleven, Bloggers, Clever titles, ESPN.com, Irony?, Rob Neyer, Saber, Saber War, SweetSpot, The Big Lead, Tim Raines, Twitter
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BRACKET THOUGHTS, Part III
As you know, I’m clinging to my picks, leaving the angst to others while remaining on my favorite team’s bandwagon, and casually comparing the 2010 tournament to 2000 and 2002. But a few pods still frustrate. In the South, a … Continue reading
Posted in Basketball
Tagged Baylor, Cornell, East, NCAA Tournament, Pat Forde, South, Temple, The Big Lead, Tony Kornheiser, Villanova, West Virginia, Wisconsin
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