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Eric Nusbaum

Eric Nusbaum is a staffer at The Classical. He was the founder and co-editor of Pitchers and Poets. Reach him at his website ericnus.com.

May 2, 2012
Today is the Greatest Sporting Day in the Recent History of Los Angeles — The Clog

The Dodgers are in first place and have new ownership. The Lakers, Clippers, and Kings are all in the playoffs, and all leading their respective series. What the hell's going on in L.A.?
April 27, 2012
Your Backup Goaltenders of Round Two of the Stanley Cup Playoffs — The Clog

Because nobody cares about anything more than they care aboout backup goalies, a brief farewell to those eliminated, and an almost equally brief mazel tov to those who remain.
April 25, 2012
Play and Replay: What Can Baseball Learn From Cricket's New Replay System? — The Clog

It may be some time before we see instant replay in baseball. But a type of instant replay is already in place in cricket. It's already changing the way the game is played, and could offer some hints of how instant replay could change the way baseball gets played and thought about in the bigs.
April 18, 2012
Vincent Van Gogh Betrayed His Own Artistic Sensibilities To Avoid Being Perceived as a Sports Fan — The Clog

Science has discovered a Vincent Van Gogh painting beneath a Vincent Van Gogh painting that nobody was even sure was a Vincent Van Gogh painting. And guess what? It has wrestlers!
April 12, 2012
Your Backup Goaltenders of the Stanley Cup Playoffs Matching Game — The Clog

Do you know who the backup goaltenders are in the NHL postseason? Then prove it with this simple but exceedingly difficult quiz. (You can explain why you know this later, if you like.)
April 10, 2012
Among the Cave Dwellers

The MLB Fan Cave is back for its second season. Only this time, it is the sight of a hazy competition that will almost certainly corrupt the spirit of baseball fandom everywhere and annoy us all to hell.
April 2, 2012
Is Jim Tracy Mad? Jim Tracy is Very Mad — The Clog

When Rockies manager Jim Tracy tried to work himself up into a rage over the Ubaldo Jimenez-Troy Tulowitzki fracas for the media, he betrayed his most charming verbal tick.
March 29, 2012
"So a German Sports Team Walks Into a Death Camp..." — The Clog

The debate over whether the German soccer team should visit Auschwitz this summer has devolved into an absurd comedy of manners.
March 29, 2012
Marshawn Lynch is in a Movie but His True Passion is the Stage — The Clog

Marshawn Lynch is playing a mafia security guard in a Seattle-produced movie. Like Dennis Haysbert, Val Kilmer, and various other actors in HEAT, he is going to get smoked during a bank robbery.
March 21, 2012
In Which the Hollywood Sign Threatens to Sue an NHL Goalie, Then Claims the Whole Thing Was Just a... — The Clog

Los Angeles Kings goaltender Jonathan Bernier was forced to remove the HOLLYWOOD sign from his mask after the sign's keepers, the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, threatened legal action against him. Yep, this pretty much confirms every terrible stereotype about Los Angeles.

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