Have you seen the movie Big Year with Steve Martin and Jack Black? It is a fair and somewhat interesting examination into what must seem like a silly hobby (birding) to outsiders, and it attempts to say a bit about human nature.
Being a birder myself, I find I sometimes watch the other hobbiests hone their craft almost as intently as I watch the birds. Reading people is interesting. Human nature is interesting.
Brett has developed quite a talent for knowing and reading sources (and sources' sources). This "Dempster Watch" (and others before it) has made me believe that there may be a book on this topic for a guy like Brett. Not a basball book. (More of meme book?) This is how we know (and think we know) stuff.
I call watching the birders, "birdering." What do we call discerning what is true as we watch a sports story break?
Great work, Brett.
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Sources and Brett's Sorcery
Started By FFP, Jul 24 2012 09:40 AM
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Posted 14 December 2012 - 12:53 PM
Brett's logic and the tone that attended it (references to squealing aside) were some (of the few so far) positives in the Sanchez watch last night.
So, we've got that (still) going for us.
So, we've got that (still) going for us.
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Posted 14 December 2012 - 03:58 PM
...which is nice.Brett's logic and the tone that attended it (references to squealing aside) were some (of the few so far) positives in the Sanchez watch last night.
So, we've got that (still) going for us.
Yes, great work, Brett. Keeping it real for the peeps. Even though it is your fault we didn't sign Sanchez.
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Posted 14 December 2012 - 05:14 PM
...which is nice.
So, we've got that (still) going for us.
Thank you for that, Tommy.
I tell you, if I'm ever in Pekin, which will be never, but still, if I'm ever in Pekin, I'll buy you a beer.
I wanna be your kingpin. Living... in Pekin.
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Posted 14 December 2012 - 09:14 PM
...which is nice.
So, we've got that (still) going for us.
Thank you for that, Tommy.
I tell you, if I'm ever in Pekin, which will be never, but still, if I'm ever in Pekin, I'll buy you a beer.
I wanna be your kingpin. Living... in Pekin.
You had me at "I'll buy you a beer",Tom.
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