The Subway Series game is currently in the middle of a rain delay (although, given the fact that the score is 4-0 Mets, I’m more than happy for them to call the game and give us the win) so I figured, with my unexpected free time, that this is the perfect opportunity to jot down … Continue reading In Medias Res: Volume III
Author: Dean Morielli
In Medias Res: Volume II
“It was so easy to be wise in the explanation of an experience one has not personally witnessed.” I’m finally out in the country, away from the incessant hustle and bustle of Flatbush Avenue. No honking, no revving, no boosted-bass-blasting, no alarms, no sirens – peace, silence, the bliss of obscurity… Sitting on the back … Continue reading In Medias Res: Volume II
In Medias Res: Volume I
Baseball Ramblings in the Early Morning Hours of April 14th I can feel the telltale signs of panic rushing through my body – shallow breath, darting eyes, a strange series of spasms in my abdomen, a complete and total inability to concentrate on anything for more than a few moments… above all else, paranoia creeping … Continue reading In Medias Res: Volume I
NL West Preview
Fear and Loathing in Glendale, Arizona “I have all the defects of other people and yet everything they do seems to me inconceivable” –Emil Cioran It was only after my fourth bloody mary that the stewardess began to eye me warily. Not because I was acting like some mean, belligerent drunk, mind you, but after a … Continue reading NL West Preview
The A’s Giveth and the A’s Taketh Away
An Analysis of the Oakland Athletics’ Fantasy Prospects “All is not lost; the unconquerable Will,And study of revenge, immortal hate,And courage never to submit or yield”-John Milton “God, it’s brutal out here”-Olivia Rodrigo It goes without saying that 2023 was not the optimal season for the Oakland Athletics. If you’re reading this blog (hi Kim), … Continue reading The A’s Giveth and the A’s Taketh Away
Season Preview Series – NL Central
St. Louis Cardinals … Cardinals what is there to say about them many a thing indeed least of all Keith Hernandez’s tenure there throughout the latter half of the 1970s as well as the early years of the decade of Reagan and Gorbachev and the Cold War and whatnot ‘tis besides the point and yet … Continue reading Season Preview Series – NL Central