HELP Wanted: 2012 Hall of Fame Voting Results
Few events invoke as much hysteria among baseball followers as the Baseball Writers Association of America’s voting on player induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. The HoF voting process...
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There’s More To Poetry Than Just Words On A Page
Words, schmurds. Where are the numbers? Anyone who loves baseball knows that everything tastes better with a sprinkle of statistics! Throughout the Madness! 2012 tournament, I will post some fun...
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How To Get Out The Vote? Promote!
By all accounts, Madness! 2012 has been a success so far. Thank you all for making it so! Now it’s time to kick it up a notch. In Round 1, we averaged 154 votes per poetry pairing. Not bad! But I think...
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Miscellaneous Madness
Madness! 2012 has arrived at the Final Four. Round 5 will feature two poetry pairings: Suz Blackaby representing the HUMOR bracket vs. Stephen W. Cahill representing the LOGIC bracket Debbie LaCroix...
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Poemetrics, Part 1
Poetry and other works of art are famously open to opinion and interpretation. What I describe as poignant, you may declare repugnant. What I feel is hackneyed, you may find hilarious. What I cast off...
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As discussed in Poemetrics, Part 1, we may be able to gain a lot of insight into what readers like about poetry by analyzing it statistically. The 128 poems written during MMPoetry gave us a small...
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Announcement: My Poetry Debut at The Hardball Times
Today I made my debut writing baseball-related poetry for a popular sabermetric website, The Hardball Times. My poems will appear on their THT Live section as I write them. Poems are cross-posted to...
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Poetry Pop Quiz: Have You Read These Cybils Award-Nominated Books?
The 2012 Cybils judging committees were announced earlier this week. I am thrilled to join the second (final) round committee entrusted with selecting the award-winning book for the Poetry category....
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