Comments on: Larry Cox http://cardboardgods.net/2008/04/04/larry-cox/ Voice of the Mathematically Eliminated Sun, 12 Feb 2012 23:48:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Josh Wilker http://cardboardgods.net/2008/04/04/larry-cox/#comment-5727 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:32:54 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2008/04/04/larry-cox/#comment-5727 19.  16 , 18 : Much thanks for those links.

]]> By: turkeyleg http://cardboardgods.net/2008/04/04/larry-cox/#comment-5726 Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:13:55 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2008/04/04/larry-cox/#comment-5726 18.  More on Kerouac’s fantasy baseball game here: http://www.thecolumnists.com/isaacs/isaacs69.html

]]> By: Joe Romano http://cardboardgods.net/2008/04/04/larry-cox/#comment-5725 Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:55:31 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2008/04/04/larry-cox/#comment-5725 17.  The Seattle Mariners and the Toronto Blue Jays were the first expansion teams to come into existence when I was old enough to be aware of them. Expansion teams were still virtually completely stocked with “has been” and “never would be” players. I remember Diego Segui being in the rotation for Seattle, for example. I’m not sure if the rules changed, but when future expansion teams were added, they seemed to be more competitive from the start.

]]> By: spudrph http://cardboardgods.net/2008/04/04/larry-cox/#comment-5724 Sun, 06 Apr 2008 00:47:25 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2008/04/04/larry-cox/#comment-5724 16.  I have absolutely no basis for saying this, but I have harbored the notion that the fantasy baseball league in Robert Coover’s novel “Universal Baseball Association” is based on Kerouac’s.

Baseball gamers Brien Martin and Ted Turocy have created an open source version of the game, inspired by the Coover novel, which is available here:

http://econweb.tamu.edu/turocy/WTGWR/

]]> By: JL25and3 http://cardboardgods.net/2008/04/04/larry-cox/#comment-5723 Sat, 05 Apr 2008 06:22:03 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2008/04/04/larry-cox/#comment-5723 15.  12 To be honest, I’ve never tried to figure it out too deeply. I take it pretty much at face value, and marvel at the philosophical exercise. The non-humanoid teams are particularly good.

]]> By: sly jones http://cardboardgods.net/2008/04/04/larry-cox/#comment-5722 Sat, 05 Apr 2008 02:30:42 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2008/04/04/larry-cox/#comment-5722 14.  13 It takes a mess of help to stand alone.

]]> By: Ian Capilouto http://cardboardgods.net/2008/04/04/larry-cox/#comment-5721 Fri, 04 Apr 2008 23:48:50 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2008/04/04/larry-cox/#comment-5721 13.  I just wanted to add that I have really enjoyed this post along with the interesting road the commentary has taken. All while listening to the super soulful Beach Boys record “Carl and the Passions, So Tough.” I am having a beer(s) for you all right now.

]]> By: Josh Wilker http://cardboardgods.net/2008/04/04/larry-cox/#comment-5720 Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:47:56 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2008/04/04/larry-cox/#comment-5720 12.  10 I’ve come across this Cosmic Baseball Association before, and though I like what I saw I was never quite sure what I was looking at. At the risk of sounding obtuse: What’s it all about?

]]> By: Eric Enders http://cardboardgods.net/2008/04/04/larry-cox/#comment-5719 Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:36:27 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2008/04/04/larry-cox/#comment-5719 11.  The famed On the Road scroll was part of a traveling Kerouac exhibit in Santa Fe last fall and I made my pilgrimage. It was quite something. I can only think of how much it cost to custom make the temperature-controlled, two-by-forty foot case in which it resided.

]]> By: JL25and3 http://cardboardgods.net/2008/04/04/larry-cox/#comment-5718 Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:34:41 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2008/04/04/larry-cox/#comment-5718 10.  Kerouac is also the longtime left fielder (and former manager) of the Dharma Beats of the Cosmic Baseball Association. Some team history here: http://www.cosmicbaseball.com/96dbr.html, and this year’s roster here: http://www.cosmicbaseball.com/08dbr.html

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