It’s hard for an author to be critical and controversial about a topic without making the reader hate it afterwards – but for David Shields, he manages to do it flawlessly in Body Politic. In less than 200 pages, Shields takes you on an analytical tour of the way that sport integrates into contemporary America […]

I’m back from a broken arm, the end of the season, and overall mental exhaustion. Stay tuned for a bunch of new reviews — Pat

With the end of the season upon us, this week we take a look at a short book that captures so much of what’s great about baseball – and will make a great offseason companion. In Once Upon a Game, Alan Schwarz interviews 35 well known players and celebrities about their fondest memories of baseball. […]

I generally don’t do theater reviews, but seeing as how this one was in Seattle, and it’s about the 2001 Seattle Mariners, and I got invited to see it, I figured I would. The story takes place in the fictional Jet City Diner, owned by Joe, the seasoned Mariners fan, and staffed by his angry […]

A quick word from our friends at the Mascot Hall of Fame. The 2007 Ballot for Induction has been announced, and you can go to the MHoF website to vote for your furry favorite of the six professional and six collegiate nominees. As a Mariners fan, I highly encourage you to vote for the Mariner […]

With the playoff race heating up, this week we look at a book that came out in 2005 but is more appropriate than ever – Buzz Bissinger’s Three Nights in August. For a team in the playoff hunt, August is when the pressure really starts to turn on. The heat of the dog days of […]