tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post7765155331998993140..comments2024-03-28T14:07:21.692-07:00Comments on Diary of a Fat Slob: Crummy old mountainsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-379618391291785432023-04-15T03:48:09.111-07:002023-04-15T03:48:09.111-07:00I like the guy's style and spent a very brief ...I like the guy's style and spent a very brief hour poking through his work. Seems he was mostly into golf and football, which... meh. Even if it's brilliant I can't read about golf or football.<br /><br />I'm guessing he didn't like baseball? Doug Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075745451950217113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-34895733509106499632023-04-14T20:23:38.584-07:002023-04-14T20:23:38.584-07:00You can read some pages of Dead Solid Perfect at a...You can read some pages of Dead Solid Perfect at amazon via their "look inside" function. I just reread the first paragraph and laughed three times.Claude Reignsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-59493407118968889572023-04-14T20:11:26.214-07:002023-04-14T20:11:26.214-07:00I've read some Angell, years and years ago, an...I've read some Angell, years and years ago, and finished the book, which is high praise. Not sure I've ever heard of Jenkins, but I shoulda oughta might.Doug Hollandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16075745451950217113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-24116468129975540122023-04-14T19:04:06.385-07:002023-04-14T19:04:06.385-07:00Golf might be amusing, but Jenkins could have made...Golf might be amusing, but Jenkins could have made a book about semi-pro croquet sexually provocative and hilarious.<br /><br />I used to golf a little -- just fuckin' around -- and I used to go to tour events as they came through the Northwest. Mostly Senior Tour and LPGA because they're more fun than the PGA. Jenkins' straight golf articles in SI were brilliantly written and almost johnthebasketnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-20758898610708406152023-04-14T18:50:53.594-07:002023-04-14T18:50:53.594-07:00That's my favorite of his! I find golf endless...That's my favorite of his! I find golf endlessly amusing.Claude Reigns, You take drugs, Danny?noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-38741003675759026852023-04-14T18:09:02.360-07:002023-04-14T18:09:02.360-07:00Just finished Dead Solid Perfect for the third or ...Just finished Dead Solid Perfect for the third or fourth time since it was published in 1971. A lovely book with lovely writing. Semi-Tough and Limo are both terrific as well. Solid American prose, good stories. The humor thrown in for free is so close to dead solid perfect it makes me nervous. <br /><br />Johnjohnthebasketnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811987615829975890.post-3606860713550307832023-04-14T15:58:28.023-07:002023-04-14T15:58:28.023-07:00Your mention of Bill James reminded me to recommen...Your mention of Bill James reminded me to recommend Roger Angell:<br /><br />https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/603712.The_Summer_Game?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=dbtNTBTWFa&rank=1<br /><br />Not my favorite sports writer (that would be Dan Jenkins, the single funniest writer - on any subject - I've ever read) but If baseball is an interest, Angell is worth reading. Of Claude Hey Batter Reignsnoreply@blogger.com