Comments on: Bruce Bochte http://cardboardgods.net/2007/07/27/bruce-bochte/ Voice of the Mathematically Eliminated Wed, 30 May 2012 18:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: wireroom http://cardboardgods.net/2007/07/27/bruce-bochte/#comment-1033 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 23:53:15 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2007/07/27/bruce-bochte/#comment-1033 20.  And this here is my last day working in the wire room! It’s over and I wanted to record the fact somewhere, so why not one of my favorite things to read. And on such a wonderful post. Life moves on. Far out. Time for a beer.

]]> By: ramblin pete http://cardboardgods.net/2007/07/27/bruce-bochte/#comment-1032 Fri, 03 Aug 2007 17:16:23 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2007/07/27/bruce-bochte/#comment-1032 19.  I guess the Minnesota Twins season is now “bridge under the water?”

ouch.

Damn your precognitive powers, Joshua.

]]> By: sly jones http://cardboardgods.net/2007/07/27/bruce-bochte/#comment-1031 Fri, 03 Aug 2007 04:13:33 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2007/07/27/bruce-bochte/#comment-1031 18.  This would be a friggin’ perfect post, except for one thing:
It brought to mind the face of the girl who starred in my own eighth-grade fantasies, and whom I had succeeded in mentally blocking out in recent years.

Damn you.

]]> By: Monkey Head http://cardboardgods.net/2007/07/27/bruce-bochte/#comment-1030 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 22:02:35 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2007/07/27/bruce-bochte/#comment-1030 17.  I remember Bochte taking 1983 off, but I thought it was because he didn’t want to play for the Mariners. He had to wait out a season for his contract to expire before he could be a free agent. Then I remember him sucking for the A’s for a couple of months before he disappeared. I also remember mocking him for screwing up his career like that and for having a stupid name.
Baseball Reference proves me all wrong. Bochte was a free agent after the 1982 season, and he had three fairly successful sasons in Oakland. He was the A’s first baseman the year before Mark McGwire took over.

]]> By: Brent is a Dodger Fan http://cardboardgods.net/2007/07/27/bruce-bochte/#comment-1029 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:46:16 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2007/07/27/bruce-bochte/#comment-1029 16.  Here, I was peacefully reading a great little story about a trip down memory lane (mental and in person), and you smack me with the “bridge under the water” description.

Wow. Powerful stuff there.

]]> By: Scott Long http://cardboardgods.net/2007/07/27/bruce-bochte/#comment-1028 Tue, 31 Jul 2007 07:44:43 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2007/07/27/bruce-bochte/#comment-1028 15.  Well said, Paulz. It would seem that the blog is the greatest enabler for starving artist writers. Hopefully a few like Josh will break through into bulemic artists.

]]> By: paulz http://cardboardgods.net/2007/07/27/bruce-bochte/#comment-1027 Mon, 30 Jul 2007 07:54:39 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2007/07/27/bruce-bochte/#comment-1027 14.  I would have to agree with you Mr. Long (12) that I do wish Josh could live solely off writing. Frankly, I’m curious what musings he comes up with from things other than baseball cards. I know that may be sacrelege (how does one spell that word?), but frankly I enjoy his style just as much as if not more than his musings on baseball.

However, the starving artist maybe overrated to those practicing the arts, but for those of us lacking the same creative flow it can be quite romantic. We being finite creatures (if you are inclined to believe we are indeed created) often seek out that which lives beyond our finitude. (is that a word?) While not often appreciated wholly in their time, those with lasting impressions often find renewed appreciation regardless of their financial success while creating. I do not wish to imply that Josh will be appreciated only after he is dead (what else would enlighten me during my summer out of the classroom?), but rather I don’t think the starving artist bit is a total drawback. Josh, I’m sure you would disagree with that, but frankly, I wonder if the same feeling/vibe/lacking-the-correct-word-here would come through if you didn’t have to struggle to find time to write and work to pay the bills. Maybe I’m totally wrong and way out of line, but it’s a thought.

I do appreciate that you are sharing this with us in some form as opposed to pulling an Emily Dickenson. I don’t think the hermit life would fit the person I imagine typing on your keyboard.

]]> By: Ennui Willie Keeler http://cardboardgods.net/2007/07/27/bruce-bochte/#comment-1026 Mon, 30 Jul 2007 03:20:09 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2007/07/27/bruce-bochte/#comment-1026 13.  I dug how Bochte took 1983 off. I did too, much to the chagrin of my parents and teachers.

]]> By: Scott Long http://cardboardgods.net/2007/07/27/bruce-bochte/#comment-1025 Mon, 30 Jul 2007 01:22:42 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2007/07/27/bruce-bochte/#comment-1025 12.  While I understand the point Paulz (9) made, let me put a vote in for wanting Josh to get a much bigger audience. An audience that would pay the bills and enable him to just write and not have to proofread the less talented. (This is just a guess, maybe Josh is proofing John Irving or Phillip Roth, but I doubt it.)

As someone who has made a living doing something creative, I can say that I’m glad that I don’t have to wait tables anymore to supplement it. I think the struggling artist thing is really overrated.

]]> By: spudrph http://cardboardgods.net/2007/07/27/bruce-bochte/#comment-1024 Sun, 29 Jul 2007 21:50:04 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2007/07/27/bruce-bochte/#comment-1024 11.  Jesus CHRIST, this is so fucking good I can hardly stand it. The way you hit all my personal touchstones-baseball, longing, melancholy, awkwardness-it’s like you’re me. Only way more talented.

Seriously good shit here.

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