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If the First Amendment means anything, it means that a state has no business telling a man, sitting alone in his own house, what books he may read or what films he may watch. – Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993), U.S. Supreme Court Justice, 1969

A Dirty Dog

Posted on November 2, 2007 by James Landrith

I was interviewed on Tuesday by a National Enquirer reporter for the print version of their expose on Duane "Dog" Chapman's racist rant. The reporter played two tapes for me […]

No Crackers Game Today: Mary Kay and the Final Out

Posted on October 11, 2007 by Ray Abernathy

Reprinted by permission of Ray Abernathy. Ray's website is available at: http://www.rayabernathy.com This is the fourth section of Chapter 12 from “Dirty Billy,” posted here without further comment. After waiting […]

Walking to the Crackers Game: Country Brown and Crusades

Posted on October 10, 2007 by Ray Abernathy

Reprinted by permission of Ray Abernathy. Ray's website is available at: http://www.rayabernathy.com With the American League Championship Series about to begin, I’m rooting for the Red Sox by publishing excerpts […]

Playing the Percentages: Foul Balls,TB and Snakes

Posted on October 9, 2007 by Ray Abernathy

Reprinted by permission of Ray Abernathy. Ray's website is available at: http://www.rayabernathy.com To celebrate the defeat of the Yankees in the American League playoffs and blantantly promote sales of my […]

Baseball, Peanuts and Crackers: The Longest Homer Ever Hit

Posted on October 8, 2007 by Ray Abernathy

Alba Go Bragh

Posted on December 7, 2006 by James Landrith

What is it about Braveheart that sucks me in whenever I encounter it? It's after midnight on the East Coast and I'm watching a movie I've seen eight hundred eleventy […]

Hobie Talks to the Star-Ledger

Posted on October 11, 2006 by James Landrith

The Star-Ledger has an interesting story on my cousin (not sure how many times removed) Hobie Landrith – the very first Met: The handshake grip was meaty enough, but Hobie […]

Soundtracks

Posted on September 14, 2006 by James Landrith

Yesterday, Wil Wheaton (http://wilwheaton.typepad.com) had this to say on nostalgia (http://wilwheaton.typepad.com/wwdnbackup/2006/09/in_the_heat_of_.html): "It's music, too: Squeeze, Depeche Mode, The Smiths, The Cure, The The, and Oingo Boingo." "It's movies: Batman, Blade Runner, […]

Old pulp culture day upon day…

Posted on September 13, 2006 by James Landrith

This Wapsi Square comic cracked me up (http://wapsisquare.com/d/20060814.html). It may not make sense to some younger Generation Y'ers, but if you came of age in the 1980s, you'll get the […]