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Sunday, February 21, 2010

The culture of debate


How much this entry has to do with baseball, I'm not sure yet, but it certainly relates.

The more I observe, the more I conclude that for every passion in this world, there is a group that equates posturing and doctrinaire stances to purity within that passion, i.e. taking a hardline stance is the way to show loyalty to the cause or some such. Each of these passions has their litmus tests, shibboleths, et cetera to enforce this. Religions, academia, gangs, nerd cliques, political parties, and baseball writing all have manifestations of posturing, and in each area they are damaging to meaningful discourse.

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Posted by Brandon Isleib at 12:06pm (3) Comments

Pleading the Fifth—NL Style


The other day over at Fangraphs, R.J. Anderson responded to a quote from Dodgers' GM Ned Colletti about Colletti's desire for a legitimate fifth starter. "We'd love to have a bona fide 5th starter," Colletti stated. Anderson responded by making the case that the Dodgers already have their "bona fide 5th starter" on their roster.


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Posted by Chuck Brownson at 9:01am (8) Comments