Wednesday 10/8/25 I believe that people--and this includes players and coaches on teams--are too quick to think that a team has no...

Tuesday 10/7/25 You know how sometimes you're listening to something--like a podcast or a radio show--and the people doing the talking...

Tuesday 10/7/25 The 1979 "We Are Family" Pittsburgh Pirates had a banner on the top of their dugout that read THE FAMILY. Offhand, I...

Monday 10/6/25 A letter this morning from someone I've known longer than almost anyone with whom I speak. Read through a lot this morning...

Monday 10/6/25 Essentially what it says above. From yesterday. Seemed a useful, telling document so it is included here. The coals are...

Sunday 10/5/25 That was some drubbing the Boston College Eagles took yesterday on the road courtesy of the Pittsburgh Panthers. The score...

Friday 10/3/25 The Red Sox' season came to an end last night at the hands of the Yankees with a 4-0 loss in Game 3 of the Wild Card...

Thursday 10/2/25 A tough loss for the Red Sox last night, which was in large part of their own making. They still have a chance to...

Tuesday 9/30/25 Person number one is kicked out of publishing because he's a sociopath. Many within are. But this was someone whose...

Tuesday 9/30/25 Ours is a country where scarcely anyone in it is capable of understanding that it's "an NFL game" and not "a NFL game." A...

Monday 9/29/25 You have to spell Edgar Allan Poe's name correctly. People are like, "I'm so impressive, I reference Poe," but those...

Monday 9/29/25 The day that my wife at the time, Molly, left without a word or a word of warning, after imploring me to trust her, and...

Saturday 9/27/25 The Red Sox frustrated me for a lot--most--of this season. It took them a while to get going, and they played some...

Thursday 9/25/25 You write a story and you work at it. You lavish it with care. What you believe is your every thought it needs and...

Thursday 9/25/25 I hate how you look something up on Google and AI intercepts the request so that you get that block of AI-generated text...

Tuesday 9/23/25 I believe I've seen every film in which Lash LaRue starred. Who was Lash LaRue? He was a "star"--we have to be a bit...

Monday 9/22/25 The Red Sox had a golden opportunity to boost their chances of getting into the playoffs last night and they couldn't do...

Sunday 9/21/25 Red bird. Soon in the morning, red bird. Amazing performance , that is. In my head most days. Awoke today and began work...

Friday 9/18/25 I fear we're watching the end of the Red Sox season, one which will not include any October baseball. With their loss to...

Thursday 9/18/25 Orson Welles made his debut on the radio program The Shadow on September 26, 1937, when he was twenty-two, playing...

Wednesday 9/17/25 An exchange from yesterday into today. To me: Yes, I do remember the Guggenheim post. What a world of self promoting and self congratulation--it's surreal. Looked up Sigrid Rausing. Wow. And your telling me she didn't just buy her reputation on the street by trading favors and self-funding her own publication career. Unbelievable. I think your drive to produce art is incomparable and will sustain you. I do wish you had a supportive partner. I can only ima

Wednesday 9/17/25 The poem you write isn't supposed to be about you. Nor the song. The story. The book. It's supposed to be about other...

Wednesday 9/17/25 I don't think DiMaggio's fifty-six game hit streak is an unbreakable record as everyone else does. You need to be...

Tuesday 9/16/25 I'm writing a book called The Diamond Mirror: Baseball History as Life (Essays) . It begins with essays about my man Dave...