Tom Ley

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Name: Tom Ley
Date registered: February 16, 2012

Latest posts

  1. Jim Tracy in a Nutshell — May 23, 2012
  2. Are Fowler’s Seven Pounds Paying Off? — May 20, 2012
  3. A Return to the Bad Old Days — May 3, 2012
  4. Drew Pomeranz and Reasons to Be Hopeful — April 25, 2012
  5. Tulo pulls a Skrimshander — April 18, 2012

Most commented posts

  1. Jim Tracy in a Nutshell — 18 comments
  2. Musing on O’Dowd’s Legacy — 11 comments
  3. Nicknaming the Rockies — 11 comments
  4. Five Years — 8 comments
  5. A Return to the Bad Old Days — 8 comments

Author's posts listings

Feb 27

Tulowitzki’s Will

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News, Troy Tulowitzki

by Tom Ley

Milwaukee Brewers v Colorado Rockies

Baseball is a game designed to oppress those who play it. No other sport evokes as much failure from its participants, as even the greatest players in the game find themselves hanging their heads in defeat more often than they do basking in the glow of accomplishment. Playing in the major leagues isn’t like playing …

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Feb 20

Five Years

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News

by Tom Ley

The high water mark

5 years doesn’t seem like such a long time, does it? 5 years is a blink, a flash, a collection of moments that you’ve only just stopped living in. At least, this is the way it seems to be until you stop for a moment, and really think about who you were 5 years ago, …

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Feb 16

The Big Cat and the Water

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News

by Tom Ley

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Editor’s note:  This story originally appeared on the website, Pitchers & Poets.  It was chosen by both Deadspin (via SportsFeat) and Quickish as one of the year’s best long form sports stories. There he was again. I was nine years old watching Andres Galarraga stride across the lobby of the Viscount Suites in Tucson for …

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