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Thursday, June 24, 2004
Two more years and I can legally start my drinking problem…
Yours truly turned 19 today. I mention this because I like to make many of you feel old.
So a few days ago I was talking to my mother and I mentioned in passing that Bill James and Rob Neyer have a new book out. Hint, hint. I was going to go buy it myself eventually, but that would have required me actually going outside... in the sunlight... with people. This worked for everybody- I get my book while still sitting on my lazy ass, and mom doesn't have to put any extraneous thought into a birthday gift for her son.
But leave it to a mother to make things all complicated by actually putting consideration into her son's gift. I did receive the Neyer/James Guide to Pitchers (and I haven't put it down yet- highly recommended), but, remembering somewhere along the line that I referenced Billy Beane, she also found this hidden gem.
Of course it's by the other Billy Bean (with one e) and isn't so much about baseball as it's about the... umm, "other" parts of his life. It's not really up my alley, and I don't know if I'm ever going to get around to reading it, but it's nice to know that mom was actually listening to a few of my ramblings over the years. And it is the thought that counts after all.
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