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Doug Glanville is such a great writer and thinker. There are three other articles linked in that article and they are all worthwhile reading. In the one article, he explains the mindset of someone like Roger Clemons better than anyone I have yet heard discuss the matter.
It would be cool if someone could get him to join the hsbbweb.
It would be cool if someone could get him to join the hsbbweb.
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High School Baseball Web
10,000 Land O' Lakes Ln.
YahHeyDerVille, MN 55433
May 9, 2008
Sir Douglas Glanville, BB player and writer extraordinaire.
c/o NYT
500 Opinion Page Pl.
New York City, NY (Zip? It'll find him.)
Dear Sir Douglas,
I was on the High School Baseball Web site this morning and came across your column in the New York Times which had been graciously linked to our site by an avid fan of yours from the metropolis of Cleveland, OH.
You have the kind of athletic record and writing prowess that impresses us here at the High School Baseball Web, and I want to take this opportunity to invite you for an interview. You should also know that we are not easily impressed.
We will be back reading the New York Times any day now and we will, of course, be looking for your excellent columns. You always hit it out of the park Sir Douglas and that is something that all of us stand up and cheer!
If you are interested in discussing membership with us, please phone MN-Mom or ClevelandDad any day or night and on any day of the week. They're willing to make this happen for you. If you can not respond right away please do not apologize...it will only make some (one) member(s) uncomfortable.
As you may know, the High School Baseball Web is a well known and respected site where seldom is heard a discouraging word and the skies are not cloudy all day. I did say seldom, right?
We enjoy a membership of well over 20 billion people, all infatuated with baseball and the associated karma. This total includes members who regularly post their opinions, members who infrequently post, those who lurk, and those with multiple personalities and identities. It is this latter group that actually boosts our membership total to something over three times the entire population of our planet. What can I say? We're good!
In recent years, our mission has expanded to include separate forums for women, men, and players. Hey...we even let the Canadians have their own room and we are blessed with having international members who keep us well stocked with Brussel sprouts, kimchi, and sand fleas. Diversity is no mere buzzword here on the High School Baseball Web!
We play a major role in the global effort to develop new or improved sources of controversy and high anxiety while maintaining a solid family friendly atmosphere. Our moderators are no strangers to the delete button and its awesome power.
If you are interested in pursuing a membership with the High School Baseball Web please send us a sign, like a bunt sign or something. Of course a column devoted to the admirable qualities of our website would be welcome as well.
Sincerely yours,
gotwood(andnewsprint)4sale
High School Baseball Web
10,000 Land O' Lakes Ln.
YahHeyDerVille, MN 55433
May 9, 2008
Sir Douglas Glanville, BB player and writer extraordinaire.
c/o NYT
500 Opinion Page Pl.
New York City, NY (Zip? It'll find him.)
Dear Sir Douglas,
I was on the High School Baseball Web site this morning and came across your column in the New York Times which had been graciously linked to our site by an avid fan of yours from the metropolis of Cleveland, OH.
You have the kind of athletic record and writing prowess that impresses us here at the High School Baseball Web, and I want to take this opportunity to invite you for an interview. You should also know that we are not easily impressed.
We will be back reading the New York Times any day now and we will, of course, be looking for your excellent columns. You always hit it out of the park Sir Douglas and that is something that all of us stand up and cheer!
If you are interested in discussing membership with us, please phone MN-Mom or ClevelandDad any day or night and on any day of the week. They're willing to make this happen for you. If you can not respond right away please do not apologize...it will only make some (one) member(s) uncomfortable.
As you may know, the High School Baseball Web is a well known and respected site where seldom is heard a discouraging word and the skies are not cloudy all day. I did say seldom, right?
We enjoy a membership of well over 20 billion people, all infatuated with baseball and the associated karma. This total includes members who regularly post their opinions, members who infrequently post, those who lurk, and those with multiple personalities and identities. It is this latter group that actually boosts our membership total to something over three times the entire population of our planet. What can I say? We're good!
In recent years, our mission has expanded to include separate forums for women, men, and players. Hey...we even let the Canadians have their own room and we are blessed with having international members who keep us well stocked with Brussel sprouts, kimchi, and sand fleas. Diversity is no mere buzzword here on the High School Baseball Web!
We play a major role in the global effort to develop new or improved sources of controversy and high anxiety while maintaining a solid family friendly atmosphere. Our moderators are no strangers to the delete button and its awesome power.
If you are interested in pursuing a membership with the High School Baseball Web please send us a sign, like a bunt sign or something. Of course a column devoted to the admirable qualities of our website would be welcome as well.
Sincerely yours,
gotwood(andnewsprint)4sale
Woodrow - as usual - that is funny 
In case you would be so inclined to follow up with him, here is his e-mail address with the Baseball Factory:
askdoug@baseballfactory.com
In case you would be so inclined to follow up with him, here is his e-mail address with the Baseball Factory:
askdoug@baseballfactory.com
QUICK...GET WOODY SOME ICE...
...that one typing finger may have carpal tunnel after that post.
...that one typing finger may have carpal tunnel after that post.
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Thanks JT...just set it down over there in DuPage Co.
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Thanks JT...just set it down over there in DuPage Co.
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I lovebaseball,..and I love the people who love it too. 
Add my name to that letter petition, Woody. That's a classic. 
Woodman,
That letter was so good that I was tempted to do something about it...but my stomach hurts from laughing!!!
Maybe we should invite Mr. Glanville to join, though. The article was very good reading.
Julie
P.S. Woody, when did Orlando move to Ohio?
That letter was so good that I was tempted to do something about it...but my stomach hurts from laughing!!!
Maybe we should invite Mr. Glanville to join, though. The article was very good reading.
Julie
P.S. Woody, when did Orlando move to Ohio?
Yes Woody, Orlando is in ORLANDO!
That was good stuff, I hope everyone gets a chance to read that article..so true!
That was good stuff, I hope everyone gets a chance to read that article..so true!
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Yes you two are so right...Orlando is in the metropolis of Orlando, FL. ClevelandDad is in the metropolis of Cleveland, OH.
I guess I was having another Diebold© moment. My bad. Or as the youngsters would say..."I guess I momentarily confused the distinct identities of two of the High School Baseball Web's more prominent members and inadvertently attributed the very worthy, succinct, timely, and relevant contribution of one with the other. For this terribly confusing and perhaps even hurtful oversight I apologize and will be forever and deeply sorrowful. And to all of the citizens of the metropolis of Cleveland, OH and Orlando, FL I rather sheepishly offer my apologies as well. My father, Atlas, surely is looking down at me in bewilderment this morning. Forgive me father for I have not cleared the high geographic hurdle that you have set and expected me to always clear with ease and confidence."
Yes you two are so right...Orlando is in the metropolis of Orlando, FL. ClevelandDad is in the metropolis of Cleveland, OH.
I guess I was having another Diebold© moment. My bad. Or as the youngsters would say..."I guess I momentarily confused the distinct identities of two of the High School Baseball Web's more prominent members and inadvertently attributed the very worthy, succinct, timely, and relevant contribution of one with the other. For this terribly confusing and perhaps even hurtful oversight I apologize and will be forever and deeply sorrowful. And to all of the citizens of the metropolis of Cleveland, OH and Orlando, FL I rather sheepishly offer my apologies as well. My father, Atlas, surely is looking down at me in bewilderment this morning. Forgive me father for I have not cleared the high geographic hurdle that you have set and expected me to always clear with ease and confidence."
HS Baseball Web!
Well, the monster shout out reached me through cyberspace and Baseball Factory channels and although rumor has it that Baseball Factory doesn't always give this forum a warm and fuzzy feeling, I can say that it is a wonderful place. Why can't we all just get along? Spread the Love.
For starters, thanks for the comments on my column with the NY Times. I had no idea where my writing would take me, but I hope that those who take the time to read my column can walk away feeling like they can relate.
It isn't really about baseball, it is about life's trials and tribulations, the highs and lows, the fast lane, and the quicksand. I hope people feel the human side of what players deal with and not in a whiney and annoying way, but in a way that just tells the story.
Players understand, for the most part, that being able to make a living as a professional baseball player is a wonderful gift, but that is not to say that we become exempt from life's challenges. My father was chronically ill for three years of my career and eventually passed away the last day of the 2002 season. In between games, I sat by my cellphone which would ring from some ER in New Jersey from time to time.
I am sure during that time, I got booed or criticized since my performance was tailing off, but I made it through and did what I could to represent the team and my family to the best of my ability. That should be all we ask of people, leave it all on the table, rain or shine, and all those things that are out of our hands will guide the rest.
So in my post career endeavors, I have a few businesses, but I love to write, and my goal is to bridge gaps, increase the dialogue about this great game, but most importantly, put a human face to the game. This is not so we lose the mystique and magic, but to put things in perspective about what is success, what the youth can pull from this game besides winning and losing. It has to be about more than than the numbers(kind of a paraphrase from Any Given Sunday, but it fits).
In closing, I welcome any dialogue, I hope you will continue to check out my column and feel free to post it anytime. Maybe we can work out something where we chat about it once in a while.
All the best to the members of HSBaseballWeb family,
Doug Glanville
Well, the monster shout out reached me through cyberspace and Baseball Factory channels and although rumor has it that Baseball Factory doesn't always give this forum a warm and fuzzy feeling, I can say that it is a wonderful place. Why can't we all just get along? Spread the Love.
For starters, thanks for the comments on my column with the NY Times. I had no idea where my writing would take me, but I hope that those who take the time to read my column can walk away feeling like they can relate.
It isn't really about baseball, it is about life's trials and tribulations, the highs and lows, the fast lane, and the quicksand. I hope people feel the human side of what players deal with and not in a whiney and annoying way, but in a way that just tells the story.
Players understand, for the most part, that being able to make a living as a professional baseball player is a wonderful gift, but that is not to say that we become exempt from life's challenges. My father was chronically ill for three years of my career and eventually passed away the last day of the 2002 season. In between games, I sat by my cellphone which would ring from some ER in New Jersey from time to time.
I am sure during that time, I got booed or criticized since my performance was tailing off, but I made it through and did what I could to represent the team and my family to the best of my ability. That should be all we ask of people, leave it all on the table, rain or shine, and all those things that are out of our hands will guide the rest.
So in my post career endeavors, I have a few businesses, but I love to write, and my goal is to bridge gaps, increase the dialogue about this great game, but most importantly, put a human face to the game. This is not so we lose the mystique and magic, but to put things in perspective about what is success, what the youth can pull from this game besides winning and losing. It has to be about more than than the numbers(kind of a paraphrase from Any Given Sunday, but it fits).
In closing, I welcome any dialogue, I hope you will continue to check out my column and feel free to post it anytime. Maybe we can work out something where we chat about it once in a while.
All the best to the members of HSBaseballWeb family,
Doug Glanville
HOT DOG!!!!!
Welcome Aboard!!! We are sooo glad to have you! Grab a chair, prop up your feet, and sit a spell, won't you? ( cookies in the kitchen )
This is going to be good!!!
A big HSBBW family welcome!!!
Welcome Aboard!!! We are sooo glad to have you! Grab a chair, prop up your feet, and sit a spell, won't you? ( cookies in the kitchen )
quote:I love to write, and my goal is to bridge gaps, increase the dialogue about this great game, but most importantly, put a human face to the game.
This is going to be good!!!
A big HSBBW family welcome!!!
You are more than welcome here, DG. With our broad range of players and parents....from t-ball to the pros...you've got a group here who are most assuredly on the same wavelength. I'd be willing to bet there isn't a person on the board who hasn't taught or learned life lessons through a baseball analogy.
Of course the woodster's plea brought you here. He can discuss balk rules and linear v rotational hitting with the best of them. But he's not good at out-of-town; I can't tell you how embarrassed he was asking the local constables in Cleveland for directions to Walt Disney World.....
Of course the woodster's plea brought you here
. He can discuss balk rules and linear v rotational hitting with the best of them. But he's not good at out-of-town; I can't tell you how embarrassed he was asking the local constables in Cleveland for directions to Walt Disney World.....
Welcome, Doug!
I'm sure we will enjoy your posts, and you will probably have a bit of fun yourself getting to know our members.
I don't know how our favorite Woodman helped you to find the way here, when as Orlando said, "But he's not good at out-of-town; I can't tell you how embarrassed he was asking the local constables in Cleveland for directions to Walt Disney World....."
LOL, we should probably quit picking on poor Woody now...
Julie
I'm sure we will enjoy your posts, and you will probably have a bit of fun yourself getting to know our members.
I don't know how our favorite Woodman helped you to find the way here, when as Orlando said, "But he's not good at out-of-town; I can't tell you how embarrassed he was asking the local constables in Cleveland for directions to Walt Disney World....."
LOL, we should probably quit picking on poor Woody now...
Julie
Welcome to HSBBW! I'm sure you'll love it here. Just remember, except for GotWood of course, we're all mildly kooky.
Thanks for sharing the article Orlando. Baseball is a great analogy for life in so many ways.
Welcome Mr. Glanville!
Woodman, Next time you're going to post something involving locations, let one of us superior geographists help you! Shoot, we all know Cleveland is just southwest of you and Orlando is over there to the right! Oh, no... over there to the left! Shew..... get it right!!
Welcome Mr. Glanville!
Woodman, Next time you're going to post something involving locations, let one of us superior geographists help you! Shoot, we all know Cleveland is just southwest of you and Orlando is over there to the right! Oh, no... over there to the left! Shew..... get it right!!
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Gotta love the power and reach of the web....baseball...Glanville...and...
...our Woodman...
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Gotta love the power and reach of the web....baseball...Glanville...and...
...our Woodman...
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A wonderful article and so well written by a first class individual.
Welcome Doug.
Welcome Doug.
Woodrow - Please give the phone to the missus if I happen to call in July looking for directions when we're at the CABA world series.
"Oh hi Beezer! What, you're lost? Need directions? Sure, I'd be glad to help. Get on I-80 and go West...."
"Hello Beezer? Yes, this is Mrs Woodrow. Woody is umm...taking a nap now. Please turn your car around immediately and get on....."
"Oh hi Beezer! What, you're lost? Need directions? Sure, I'd be glad to help. Get on I-80 and go West...."
"Hello Beezer? Yes, this is Mrs Woodrow. Woody is umm...taking a nap now. Please turn your car around immediately and get on....."
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First of all...welcome aboard the HSBBW Sir Douglas from the HouseofGlanny. Your presence and participation is greatly appreciated and I know all of the members look forward to your contributions.
And my goodness, your statement "I love to write", made me swoon at least slightly. I, too, love to write...mostly nonsense. But it's the writing...the creative use of words of all kinds...it's the best! I am glad to share this passion with you and I am so happy that you are sharing your love of writing broadly through your column and more intimately with your comments here.
Now as for the rest of you guys...let it be known that I actually am quite interested in geography...always have been. When I worked in the woods I developed a sort of internal compass that has served me well through the years, yet I will be the first to admit that if this compass is off for some reason I am really, really lost. And unlike most men when lost I don't hesitate to seek directions quickly. Once back on track it is smooth sailing again.
My mistake in an earlier post wasn't to confuse the metropolis of Cleveland with the metropolis of Orlando, it was to confuse Orlando with ClevelandDad. This type of mistake I admit to making regularly...always have. Thankfully my advancing age gives me shelter from too harsh of criticism...flashing my AARP card quickly squelches the onslaught. I vaguely remember something about membership having its privileges!
And for the record...YahHeyDerVille is most certainly in Minnesota...near the Wisconsin line.
First of all...welcome aboard the HSBBW Sir Douglas from the HouseofGlanny. Your presence and participation is greatly appreciated and I know all of the members look forward to your contributions.
And my goodness, your statement "I love to write", made me swoon at least slightly. I, too, love to write...mostly nonsense. But it's the writing...the creative use of words of all kinds...it's the best! I am glad to share this passion with you and I am so happy that you are sharing your love of writing broadly through your column and more intimately with your comments here.
Now as for the rest of you guys...let it be known that I actually am quite interested in geography...always have been. When I worked in the woods I developed a sort of internal compass that has served me well through the years, yet I will be the first to admit that if this compass is off for some reason I am really, really lost. And unlike most men when lost I don't hesitate to seek directions quickly. Once back on track it is smooth sailing again.
My mistake in an earlier post wasn't to confuse the metropolis of Cleveland with the metropolis of Orlando, it was to confuse Orlando with ClevelandDad. This type of mistake I admit to making regularly...always have. Thankfully my advancing age gives me shelter from too harsh of criticism...flashing my AARP card quickly squelches the onslaught. I vaguely remember something about membership having its privileges!
And for the record...YahHeyDerVille is most certainly in Minnesota...near the Wisconsin line.
Wow, Glanny is in the house...and he has just left the yard! Great debut in the Times, DG, a keeper. 
Nice to have you Mr. Glanville. You are always welcome here, and feel free to knock the dirt off your cleats. You'll likely get your share of straight fastballs from us folks, and I'm sure that you'll be able to handle the meandering curves offered up. Just don't let the nattering nabobs of nuckleheadism throw off your timing.
Nice call Woody. Now that we know you can summon the willing, I'm waiting to see what you can do with Koufax.
Nice to have you Mr. Glanville. You are always welcome here, and feel free to knock the dirt off your cleats. You'll likely get your share of straight fastballs from us folks, and I'm sure that you'll be able to handle the meandering curves offered up. Just don't let the nattering nabobs of nuckleheadism throw off your timing.
Nice call Woody. Now that we know you can summon the willing, I'm waiting to see what you can do with Koufax.
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What can I do with Koufax?
Well spizzle...I've got my best team of beachcombers on it right now...but with a name like Sandy it may take awhile...like trying to find a haystack anywhere anymore!
What can I do with Koufax?
Well spizzle...I've got my best team of beachcombers on it right now...but with a name like Sandy it may take awhile...like trying to find a haystack anywhere anymore!
Welcome to the HSBBW, please join in on discussion anytime!
Loved teh article, so very true.
Life is a series of curveballs, one right after another!
Loved teh article, so very true.
Life is a series of curveballs, one right after another!
Thanks everyone for the warm welcome. I will work out a way to respond in kind. Maybe we can set up a day of the week to get after it? For now, we can play it by ear. I think I will be on NPR tomorrow midday on "Talk of the Nation" so we will see what goes down.
Catch you online!
DG
Catch you online!
DG
Doug - I am thrilled you are now a member here. You will find some of the sharpest minds in baseball right here including both Moms and Dads.
A big hsbbweb welcome from Cleveland via Orlando!!
A big hsbbweb welcome from Cleveland via Orlando!!
HouseofGlanny, ( I didn't think HoG was appropriate )
Thanks for the notice. I'll be in the air while you are on the air, but I see that the broadcast might be here temporarily afterwards. Hopefully I will be able to get online to listen in after I land.
And welcome aboard, Doug.
)Thanks for the notice. I'll be in the air while you are on the air, but I see that the broadcast might be here temporarily afterwards. Hopefully I will be able to get online to listen in after I land.
And welcome aboard, Doug.
Sweet.