James Friedman, Inside of a Major League Baseball
Jim Friedman's tribute to Opening Day. (The Cards beat the Miami Marlins 4-1, in the Marlins' new house.)
And don't forget what starts today. (No noise from the Patrons, please.)
Mike
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Why is the outer section of the baseball packed with spinach?
Posted by: fjf | Thursday, 05 April 2012 at 12:39 PM
When I first saw the Friedman photo, I thought this was gonna be another of Ctein's essays on Puh-eer teas!
Posted by: GKFroehlich | Thursday, 05 April 2012 at 01:38 PM
cannabis for sure.
Posted by: Eric Godfrey | Thursday, 05 April 2012 at 02:09 PM
@ fjf: It's not spinach. It's Soylent Green.
Posted by: Kenneth Tanaka | Thursday, 05 April 2012 at 02:29 PM
I'm a longtime golfer and sometimes even watch it on TV, and to me, the Masters is the most tedious of all the majors. That tinkly piano music has caused me turn it off more than once, and the unctuousness of the commentators is almost as bad -- especially considering Augusta National's long history of racism and sexism. The only good thing about it, IMHO, is that it comes back to the same course every year, so you can get to know it a bit. I have more thoughts on the US Open, but I'll save those until you put up another golf ball.
Posted by: John Camp | Thursday, 05 April 2012 at 03:14 PM
FJF: Popeye helps the pop fly ;-)
Posted by: Jamin Bickel | Thursday, 05 April 2012 at 03:30 PM
Opening day was last Sunday, as any angler in my part of the world knows.
Posted by: Paul M | Thursday, 05 April 2012 at 03:31 PM
That's not spinach, it's weed.
Posted by: Ed | Thursday, 05 April 2012 at 10:42 PM