What we read while Boston mourned…
- Last Wednesday was possibly the greatest night in baseball history, with Boston and Atlanta finishing epic collapses with blown saves in the ninth. Nate Silver put the odds of all that happening at about one in 278 million. Bill Simmons live-blogged the night from a Boston perspective, while Joe Posnanski summed up what it all meant to baseball. Even the venerable Roger Angell was amazed…
- Meanwhile, Obama did something that was almost certainly illegal and also probably stupid.
- New York Times Magazine ran its Food and Drink issue this week, which included Michael Pollan answering interesting questions on “food mysteries” and Tyler Cowen on how to eat decently at seemingly lousy restaurants.
- Atul Gawande wonders why coaching isn’t a more prevalent practice.
- We came across this oral history of Wet Hot American Summer a few weeks ago, but shamefully forgot to link to it until now.
- In other comedy news, NPI-favorite John Mulaney talked The A.V. Club and New York Magazine runs an oral history of the Upright Citizens Brigade.
- Chuck Klosterman breaks down the plight of a fantasy owner.
- We really hope this story isn’t an illusion…
