Notes #475 Just an Idea

                             NOTES FROM THE SHADOWS OF COOPERSTOWN                                            Observations from Outside the Lines                                      By Two Finger Carney (carneya6@adelphia.net)   #475                                                                                                              FEBRUARY 2, 2009                                                  JUST AN IDEA               Although Notes has always been a first-person thing, if you look back at the 474 issues before this one, I think you have to conclude […]

Notes From the Shadows of Cooperstown: Pilgrim’s Progress

Notes #474 — Pilgrim’s Progress

                             NOTES FROM THE SHADOWS OF COOPERSTOWN                                            Observations from Outside the Lines                                      By Two Finger Carney (carneya6@adelphia.net)   #474                                                                                                               JANUARY 26, 2009                                          PILGRIM’S PROGRESS               As longtime readers of Notes know, the title of this thing has a double meaning. I write it in the shadows of the mecca that is […]

Notes From the Shadows of Cooperstown: January Thaw

The headline above is a hopeful phrase here in upstate NY, where the temperatures are heading for negative double-digits. We don’t always get a thaw, but after a while, the teens start to feel warm. The snow piled up between the roads and sidewalks can be more of a problem for drivers, especially those backing […]

Notes #473 — January Thaw

                             NOTES FROM THE SHADOWS OF COOPERSTOWN                                            Observations from Outside the Lines                                      By Two Finger Carney (carneya6@adelphia.net)   #473                                                                                                               JANUARY 14, 2009                                                JANUARY THAW               The headline above is a hopeful phrase here in upstate NY, where the temperatures are heading for negative double-digits. We don’t always get a thaw, but […]

Notes From the Shadows of Cooperstown: Return to Normalcy

Spend enough time researching in the newspapers and magazines of 1919-1920, and the phrase “Return to Normalcy” is drummed into your head. It won the presidential election for Warren Gamaliel Harding some 88 years ago, which demonstrated that candidates’ middle names need not be obstacles, and that change is a promise that usually strikes a […]

Notes #472 — Return to Normalcy

                             NOTES FROM THE SHADOWS OF COOPERSTOWN                                            Observations from Outside the Lines                                      By Two Finger Carney (carneya6@adelphia.net)   #472                                                                                                                  JANUARY 6, 2009                                         RETURN TO NORMALCY               Spend enough time researching in the newspapers and magazines of 1919-1920, and the phrase “Return to Normalcy” is drummed into your head. It won the […]

Notes From the Shadows of Cooperstown: Happy Holidays

This may be the final NOTES for 2008, unless I squeeze in one more … looks like our Christmas will be white and deep here in the shadows of Cooperstown … some traveling is on deck, family home for the holidays, so #472 just might kick off 2009.

Notes #471 — Happy Holidays

                             NOTES FROM THE SHADOWS OF COOPERSTOWN                                            Observations from Outside the Lines                                      By Two Finger Carney (carneya6@adelphia.net)   #471                                                                                                           DECEMBER 22, 2008                                               HAPPY HOLIDAYS               This may be the final NOTES for 2008, unless I squeeze in one more … looks like our Christmas will be white and deep here in […]

Notes From the Shadows of Cooperstown: Winter Stars

Feedback on my APBA simulations has been meager so far, and what little I’ve received has been split. So I suspect that I will gradually phase it out, relegating it to occasional mention here, the way it used to be.

Notes #470 — Winter Stars

                             NOTES FROM THE SHADOWS OF COOPERSTOWN                                            Observations from Outside the Lines                                      By Two Finger Carney (carneya6@adelphia.net)   #470                                                                                                           DECEMBER 16, 2008                                                 WINTER STARS               Feedback on my APBA simulations has been meager so far, and what little I’ve received has been split. So I suspect that I will gradually phase […]

Notes From the Shadows of Cooperstown: Winter Wonderland

No, the shadows of Cooperstown are not yet falling over deep piles and drifts of snow. (In fact, I’ve guaranteed that we will have a mild winter, by buying a new snow-thrower.) Instead, this title refers to the contents of this issue — pure Fantasyland. My Sweet Sixteen tournament concludes, with the Cubs and Tigers […]

Notes #469 — Winter Wonderland

                             NOTES FROM THE SHADOWS OF COOPERSTOWN                                            Observations from Outside the Lines                                      By Two Finger Carney (carneya6@adelphia.net)   #469                                                                                                             DECEMBER 8, 2008                                                        WINTER WONDERLAND               No, the shadows of Cooperstown are not yet falling over deep piles and drifts of snow. (In fact, I’ve guarantted that we will have a mild […]

Notes From the Shadows of Cooperstown: Then There Were Two

Nothing in this issue but the two semi-final series of the “Sweet Sixteen” (APBA simulation) tournament that has been playing out here in Notes for the last several months, starting with #459. If this was an actual tournament, it would take about a month to complete — kinda like the MLB post-season with its layers […]

Notes #468 — Then There Were Two

                             NOTES FROM THE SHADOWS OF COOPERSTOWN                                            Observations from Outside the Lines                                      By Two Finger Carney (carneya6@adelphia.net)   #468                                                                                                             DECEMBER 2, 2008                                        THEN THERE WERE TWO               Nothing in this issue but the two semi-final series of the “Sweet Sixteen” (APBA simulation) tournament that has been playing out here in Notes […]

Notes From the Shadows of Cooperstown: Thanksgiving Doubleheader

SWEET SIXTEEN PLAYOFFS: ROUND TWO, NATIONAL LEAGUE: PIRATES VS PHILS This is the ninth in a series of reports on a simulated playoff of the sixteen “original franchise” teams. The results of the first-round American League “brackets” are in NOTES 459-461. The first results of the NL brackets are in #462-464. See NOTES #459 for […]

Notes #467 — Thanksgiving Doubleheader

                             NOTES FROM THE SHADOWS OF COOPERSTOWN                                            Observations from Outside the Lines                                      By Two Finger Carney (carneya6@adelphia.net)   #467                                                                                                           NOVEMBER 25, 2008                                              THANKSGIVING DOUBLEHEADER               As long as baseball insists on extending its playoffs into November, why not go all the way?  Why not a baseball doubleheader on Thanksgiving, so we […]

Notes From the Shadows of Cooperstown: Roots

SWEET SIXTEEN PLAYOFFS: ROUND TWO, AMERICAN LEAGUE: ATHLETICS VS INDIANS This is the eighth in a series of reports on a simulated playoff of the sixteen “original franchise” teams. The results of the first-round American League “brackets” are in NOTES 459-461. The first results of the NL brackets are in #462-464. See NOTES #459 for […]

Notes #466 — Roots

                             NOTES FROM THE SHADOWS OF COOPERSTOWN                                            Observations from Outside the Lines                                      By Two Finger Carney (carneya6@adelphia.net)   #466                                                                                                           NOVEMBER 17, 2008                                                         ROOTS               Lately, I’ve been doing some editing, and it’s taken me back to my roots — that is, as a baseball writer. Yes, I’ve finally broken out of […]

Notes From the Shadows of Cooperstown: Second Time Around

SWEET SIXTEEN PLAYOFFS: ROUND TWO, AMERICAN LEAGUE: SENATORS VS TIGERS This is the seventh in a series of reports on a simulated playoff of the sixteen “original franchise” teams. The results of the first-round American League “brackets” are in NOTES 459-461. The first results of the NL brackets are in #462-464. See NOTES #459 for […]

Notes #465 — Second Time Around

                             NOTES FROM THE SHADOWS OF COOPERSTOWN                                            Observations from Outside the Lines                                      By Two Finger Carney (carneya6@adelphia.net)                                           SECOND TIME AROUND               It’s a Sinatra title, but it’s also a phrase that comes up in baseball. Rookie pheenoms sometimes do not make it, the second time around. Pitchers who blaze through […]

Notes From the Shadows of Cooperstown: Hardball

SWEET SIXTEEN PLAYOFFS: CARDINALS VS CUBS This is the sixth in a series of reports on a simulated playoff of the sixteen “original franchise” teams. The results of the first-round American League “brackets” are in NOTES 459-461. The first results of the NL brackets are in #462 and 463. See NOTES #459 for the background […]

Notes #464 — Hardball

                             NOTES FROM THE SHADOWS OF COOPERSTOWN                                            Observations from Outside the Lines                                      By Two Finger Carney (carneya6@adelphia.net)   #464                                                                                                             NOVEMBER 3, 2008                                                     HARDBALL               It is easy to lose myself in the fantasyland of APBA baseball, as I move thru the “Sweet Sixteen” all-timers’ tournament, bracket by bracket. It is rolling […]

Notes #463 — Chicago

                             NOTES FROM THE SHADOWS OF COOPERSTOWN                                            Observations from Outside the Lines                                      By Two Finger Carney (carneya6@adelphia.net)   #463                                                                                                              OCTOBER 27, 2008                                                       CHICAGO               This would have been a good theme issue if the Cubs had made it into the World Series, and a great one if their opponent was the […]

Notes From the Shadows of Cooperstown: Chicago

SWEET SIXTEEN PLAYOFFS: PIRATES VS GIANTS This is the fifth in a series of reports on a simulated playoff of the sixteen “original franchise” teams. The results of the first-round American League “brackets” are in NOTES 459-461. The first results of the NL brackets are in #462. See NOTES #459 for the background and “ground […]

Notes From the Shadows of Cooperstown: Rooting Them In

Notes #462 — Rooting Them In

                             NOTES FROM THE SHADOWS OF COOPERSTOWN                                            Observations from Outside the Lines                                      By Two Finger Carney (carneya6@adelphia.net)   #462                                                                                                              OCTOBER 21, 2008                                              ROOTING THEM IN               When I started writing baseball, I started with my own experiences, and have kept my observations here in Notes “outside the lines” — I sit […]

Notes From the Shadows of Cooperstown: Take Two & Hit to Right

Notes #461 — Take Two & Hit to Right

                             NOTES FROM THE SHADOWS OF COOPERSTOWN                                            Observations from Outside the Lines                                      By Two Finger Carney (carneya6@adelphia.net)   #461                                                                                                                 OCTOBER 6, 2008   NOTE: FOR THOSE INTERESTED, THERE IS A NEW, UPDATED INDEX TO THE B-SOX MATERIAL, ALL THE ISSUES OF NOTES BETWEEN #268 AND #460. THIS IS POSTED IN THE “RECENT ISSUES” […]

Notes From the Shadows of Cooperstown: Playoffs!

Notes #460 — Playoffs!

                             NOTES FROM THE SHADOWS OF COOPERSTOWN                                            Observations from Outside the Lines                                      By Two Finger Carney (carneya6@adelphia.net)   #460                                                                                                         SEPTEMBER 29, 2008                                                     PLAYOFFS!               The 2008 season ain’t over yet, and deliciously, the playoff picture will not be settled until one, and maybe two more games are played.             The season […]

Notes From the Shadows of Cooperstown: Remembering 1988

1988 seems to me like two light years away, instead of just two decades.

Notes #459 — Remembering 1988

                             NOTES FROM THE SHADOWS OF COOPERSTOWN                                            Observations from Outside the Lines                                   By Two Finger Carney (carneya6@roadrunner.com)   #459                                                                                                         SEPTEMBER 24, 2008                                            REMEMBERING 1988               1988 seems to me like two light years away, instead of just two decades. After several years of indifference about baseball, I was paying attention again: […]

Notes From the Shadows of Cooperstown: Play it Again, Jocko

Notes #458 — Play It Again, Jocko

                             NOTES FROM THE SHADOWS OF COOPERSTOWN                                            Observations from Outside the Lines                                   By Two Finger Carney (carneya6@roadrunner.com)   #458                                                                                                         SEPTEMBER 16, 2008                                                         PLAY IT AGAIN, JOCKO               You gotta like an umpire with the name “Jocko,” and indeed Mr Conlan was a genial fellow, feisty and full of spunk, and he […]

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