That’s some fantastic writing.

I’m not much of a fan of Denis Johnson, or of what his writing attempts to do to the human soul, but I AM all over Tanner Boyle, and never mind what he said about Timmy Lupus.

Somewhere still, there may exist raw footage of Chris Barnes’ entire dipsy-doodle through the Astrodome infield. If so, I’d be most interested in a copy of the complete path he traced. It is a most life-affirming curve.

http://www.astroland.net history and baseball cards

Mets Guy in Michigan said…
Awesome. Just awesome.

3:24 PM

Ellen said…
Circus Circus
I went there after I was on Jeopardy, in 1994.

cuz of Fear and Loathing, of course.
circus circus, that is – not Jeopardy. Don’t think Hunter S. ever talked about Jeopardy. . . .

that is a great, great 3-part piece, of course. Send it to McSweeney’s ‘the Believer,’ I’d say.

9:10 PM

Ian said…
Jesus. What a picture of J.R. — his eyes say, “Can’t you see it? Couple decades from now, I’m going to be down-and-out and living under a highway overpass. Why me?”

Let’s see, we have here in one rich yarn the following: Bill Bixby and Alfred Lutter; Jesus’ Son and On the Road; childhoods (and tiresomely prolonged adolescence) oversaturated with fantasy; yearnings for magical, sudden transformation and then what real-life sudden change usually looks like (strokes, falling off cliffs); Merle and Willy, Vegas, and even Gummo Marx’s grandson. That’s what I call a grand saga.

9:20 AM

Anonymous said…
Hey, I found my way here via the Pride of the Yankees weblog. I AM LOVING THIS SITE. This story had quite a few juicy morsels I eagerly devoured. References to baseball, baseball movies, TV shows, comic books make me think this website exists in a parallel universe where Dennis Miller spent most of his time watching TV, baseball and comic books instead of reading Dostoyevsky, Ivanesco and Oscar Wilde.

12:25 PM