A pylon that has been fitted with another pylon on top -- like a little pylon hat!
Saw this pylon wearing an adorable pylon hat out on the road. So of course now I'm listening to Pylon, one of my favorite bands. Thank you for your service, pylon with the pylon hat. @pylongurl.bsky.social
The St. Paul Saints have unveiled the name of their 2026 ball pig. Chat BLT triumphed over Pigachu, OnlyHams and Toby Lardenhire.
cover of the album "Alice's Restaurant" by Arlo Guthrie
When an algorithm serves up Arlo Guthrie's "Alice's Restaurant" I think it's being a bit presumptuous to think I have 19 minutes available for it.
Another stringless day. The ghosts of the Carter family continue to hold my guitar strings hostage in Bristol.
I ordered some guitar strings a while back and they've been stuck in Bristol, TN for ages and I'm thinking the ghost of Mother Maybelle Carter has stolen them from me. 🎸
Losing a friend, the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds, what baseball's "off" season really means, and trying to make sense of an ever-teetering world. thebaseballbloggess.com/2026/01/14/t...
Patti Smith and Lenny Kaye doing Yoga in the 1970s
As I get ready to teach my first Yoga class of 2026, I want you to know there are always spots available if Patti Smith and Lenny Kaye happen by. (I might adjust that cobra alignment tho -- just a little.)
How did he know?
"I drank coffee and read old books and waited for the year to end." ~ Richard Brautigan, Trout Fishing in America (1967)
I'm reading Peter Wolf's memoir (outrageously good) and he mentions in passing that John Lee Hooker was a huge Dodgers' fan. More proof that the coolest artists love baseball.
Bob Dylan. Baseball. A convenience store at midnight. My heart in still life.
Thanksgiving means just one thing -- I'm in the kitchen (with the Tombstone Blues). Grateful to have Bob Dylan’s Highway 61 Revisited on the hi-fi while the cookin' cooks.
If Chicago beats Milwaukee tonight, every city sending a ballclub to the MLB championships is either Canadian or a Democratic-run hellscape rife with antifa violence and interspecies copulation. It gives an Oriole fan hope knowing how poorly our president speaks of Baltimore.
Wait 'til next year.
"Playing Ball Under Canvas" headline from 10/4/1900 edition of The Toronto Star
Portable waterproof tents for baseball in 1900? Domes before there were domes.
“The latest novelty is baseball under canvas. The clubs carry their own parks. … The Toronto club won’t consider the suggestion.” - The Toronto Star 10/4/1900
No Rogers Centre for them!
Can I get the Orioles, Rimbaud, a bad double date, and one of the best bands of the 1980s into a single post? Sure, why not?
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AI just kinda wasted my precious time.
You may not think listening to the Rolling Stones sing about Rice Krispies is the jingle you need this morning. But, I assure you, it definitely is.
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a sign that reads “NO LOITERING VIOLATORS WILL BE PROSECUTED”
me, to the judge: “Well if THAT’s what they meant, they should have used punctuation.”
Charlottesville Daily Progress headline incorrectly reporting that the Dodgers threw a no hitter in last night's Orioles game.
Breaking news from the Charlottesville Daily Progress. Weird ... I don't recall this.
#OriolesMagic
Headline Baltimore Sun: "Orioles Have Enough Sick Men to Start a Hospital."
Those 1896 Baltimore Orioles are sounding an awful lot like the 2025 Baltimore Orioles.
(Baltimore Sun, 4/2/1896)
Come for the Orioles baseball, stay for the leprosy and the coconuts (all this ... and more!)
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Dance ability = definitely an advantage. But his worn-out shoes and drinking problem could slow him down. And, he may be no match if his opponent is wielding his tambourine as a weapon.
Having the smoke alarm squeal because it's "readjusting itself" is not how I expected the morning to start. (The cats have now stuffed themselves inside the box springs, which, TBH ... is not a bad idea.)
"A Black man is getting a standing ovation in the Deep South for breaking a record of an all-time baseball idol. What a marvelous moment for baseball. What a marvelous moment for Atlanta and the state of Georgia. What a marvelous moment for the country and the world.”
This was Vin Scully's call of Henry Aaron's 715th home run. Tonight Major League Baseball cut off the first sentence, starting it with the "What a marvelous moment" part because they don't want to anger the white supremacists who run our country and of whom Rob Manfred is an ardent supporter.
In the room, the cats eat mad spaghetti / Talking of Lawrence Ferlinghetti – Richard Fariña 1960
Oops, wrong cats. (Mine mostly talk of naps, snacks, and Purr’linghetti.)
#MondayIsForPoetry #Caturday #poetry
105 years ago today ... this happened (it's more than just an afternoon nap): thebaseballbloggess.com/2019/06/08/e...
Baseball. Bob Dylan. Life. Every year or so I seem to find my way into saying something and I remember how beautiful and twisted words can be. Come for the words or the photo of Dylan in his Little League uni. Either, neither. It's ok.
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If Mr. Tambourine Man and Mr. Bojangles get in an alley fight on a Friday night, who wins? (Frankly, I don't trust Bojangles.) 🤔
#ImportantQuestions
