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Post by inger on Jun 3, 2021 14:17:05 GMT -5
This one isn't going well so far. Nope. I guess we feel a split is “good enough”. We’ll just wait for the Red Sox to drop behind us in the standings after we split with them. Ho-hum. Look, I threw my glove on the field. We’re the Yankees. We’ll take the wild card... it’s easy... |
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Post by rizzuto on Jun 3, 2021 14:18:10 GMT -5
Embarrassingly, no. I should have at least read Look Homeward, Angel. I have read Tom Wolfe, but that’s hardly the same caliber. Very different genre, but I love his writing as well. I have a particular soft spot for 1920s American literature, obviously the giants like Hemingway, Faulkner, Fitzgerald and I put Wolfe in that category. Sherwood Anderson, James Agee, Theodore Dreiser. Plus critics like my mentor HL Mencken and assorted playwrights/humorists like George S. Kauffman, Robert Benchley, Dorothy Parker, Ring Lardner, etc. And even though he was quintessentially British, PG Wodehouse settled in New York and became a US citizen. His Jeeves stories remain laugh-out-loud funny to this day. I toured Wolfe's home in Asheville in the late 1970s. At that time one of his brothers was giving the tours. To me, it was like having Macbeth giving tours at Stratford upon Avon. "Angel" is definitely the one to read by Wolfe if you only have maybe 50 years left to live. Outside of Mark Twain, that generation defined American literature. Hemingway owes a great deal to Sherwood Anderson, who wrote a letter of introduction to the literati and expats (Gertrude Stein) in Paris to welcome him before he had published anything of note. PG Wodehouse in my mind is the funniest writer ever! If you haven’t watched the Jeeves and Wooster BBC series with Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, I highly recommend it. |
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Post by inger on Jun 3, 2021 14:18:51 GMT -5
See ya’ I need to mow the grass...
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Post by pippsheadache on Jun 3, 2021 14:20:22 GMT -5
Alice Kramden clears the bases. How can this guy hit almost .500 with the bases loaded? How do the Rays find these players?
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Post by rizzuto on Jun 3, 2021 14:22:52 GMT -5
You guys and your knowledge of literature are amazing. I started out young with some interest, but long work hours and other interests pulled me away to other venues. Good for you gentleman for making time for that in your life. For that is the key, one must make time in their lives for that which enriches. Something I’ve failed to do... at least to this point... Making time for baseball and conversation counts as well. One thing is certain, it’s never too late to pick up a book. I kept a P.G. Wodehouse anthology of golf stories on the tank lid of my throne for years. Always left the water closet in a good mood. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Jun 3, 2021 14:24:26 GMT -5
You guys and your knowledge of literature are amazing. I started out young with some interest, but long work hours and other interests pulled me away to other venues. Good for you gentleman for making time for that in your life. For that is the key, one must make time in their lives for that which enriches. Something I’ve failed to do... at least to this point... You do quite well in the wisdom department, Inger. And for sure, it does require a commitment in time to devour this stuff. It may actually be better to approach it when you've actually lived more of life. |
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Post by rizzuto on Jun 3, 2021 14:26:12 GMT -5
Nick Nelson should be traded. I just don’t like his mound presence and have a feeling he won’t reach his potential here.
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Post by anthonyd46 on Jun 3, 2021 14:26:46 GMT -5
This one isn't going well so far. Nope. I guess we feel a split is “good enough”. We’ll just wait for the Red Sox to drop behind us in the standings after we split with them. Ho-hum. Look, I threw my glove on the field. We’re the Yankees. We’ll take the wild card... it’s easy... I still think the Yankees could be better than these teams this potential loss will put them 6-6 in Cole starts. Add that to all the games the Yankees made stupid lineup decisions and they prob would be leading the division right now. |
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Post by rizzuto on Jun 3, 2021 14:28:37 GMT -5
Nope. I guess we feel a split is “good enough”. We’ll just wait for the Red Sox to drop behind us in the standings after we split with them. Ho-hum. Look, I threw my glove on the field. We’re the Yankees. We’ll take the wild card... it’s easy... I still think the Yankees could be better than these teams this potential loss will put them 6-6 in Cole starts. Add that to all the games the Yankees made stupid lineup decisions and they prob would be leading the division right now. Wow! I didn’t realize we’re only a .500 team with arguably the best pitcher in the AL. |
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Post by rizzuto on Jun 3, 2021 14:30:27 GMT -5
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Post by rizzuto on Jun 3, 2021 14:32:22 GMT -5
Andujar with a solo job! Is he getting his stroke back? Three dingers in the last four games.
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Post by rizzuto on Jun 3, 2021 14:34:28 GMT -5
Gardy gets robbed of another hit. He’s making solid contact today.
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Post by pippsheadache on Jun 3, 2021 14:36:44 GMT -5
Very different genre, but I love his writing as well. I have a particular soft spot for 1920s American literature, obviously the giants like Hemingway, Faulkner, Fitzgerald and I put Wolfe in that category. Sherwood Anderson, James Agee, Theodore Dreiser. Plus critics like my mentor HL Mencken and assorted playwrights/humorists like George S. Kauffman, Robert Benchley, Dorothy Parker, Ring Lardner, etc. And even though he was quintessentially British, PG Wodehouse settled in New York and became a US citizen. His Jeeves stories remain laugh-out-loud funny to this day. I toured Wolfe's home in Asheville in the late 1970s. At that time one of his brothers was giving the tours. To me, it was like having Macbeth giving tours at Stratford upon Avon. "Angel" is definitely the one to read by Wolfe if you only have maybe 50 years left to live. Outside of Mark Twain, that generation defined American literature. Hemingway owes a great deal to Sherwood Anderson, who wrote a letter of introduction to the literati and expats (Gertrude Stein) in Paris to welcome him before he had published anything of note. PG Wodehouse in my mind is the funniest writer ever! If you haven’t watched the Jeeves and Wooster BBC series with Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, I highly recommend it. We're on the same page, Rizz. Mark Twain is the Alpha and Omega of American literature to me. He practically created it, and in my highly dilettante opinion remains unsurpassed. Wodehouse lifts my spirits at any time. I mean to say, what ho? To my shame I haven't seen the BBC series, although my wife and other Wodehouse enthusiasts I know have, and they uniformly concur with your view. In a game this bad, I don't feel so guilty straying from the main topic. For our next assignment, we will explore Post-Impressionist French painting. J/K. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Jun 3, 2021 14:40:32 GMT -5
I still think the Yankees could be better than these teams this potential loss will put them 6-6 in Cole starts. Add that to all the games the Yankees made stupid lineup decisions and they prob would be leading the division right now. Wow! I didn’t realize we’re only a .500 team with arguably the best pitcher in the AL. Yep. No run support. I hope Cole and deGrom match up at some point. It will be interesting to see if any runs are scored. |
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Post by pippsheadache on Jun 3, 2021 14:43:35 GMT -5
Andujar not looking bad in left field.
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