I did not forget about sharing some links for the week.
I found this site, Emergent, which is kind of a Snopes or Urban Legends for news events. It looks at news stories that have been reported around the Internet and shows whether the claims have been verified or not. A useful site since I think we all see a headline or repost of something several times each week that later turns out to be not true.
There were so many great pieces written about the Royals last week. Here are a few of my favorites.
Before the Wild Card game, Craig Brown shared his memories of how his grandfather introduced him to the Royals and the times they spent watching games together.
One of the strange things about the Royals online community is how great the writing surrounding the team has been. I’ll admit that along with being a tie back to my friends in KC, one of the things that turned me into a Royals fan again was the terrific crop of writers who cranked out words about each bad draft choice, terrible managerial decision, or bizarre in-game occurrence.
Will Leitch wrote about some of those guys.
I could share any one of about a dozen wonderful write ups of Tuesday night’s game. I’ll throw this one, from Rany Jazayerli, who was in the stands.
I did not include anything from Joe Posnanski in the Royals section, even though he wrote at least three pieces about the team last week. I skipped him because I loved this column he wrote for the Golf Channel about the “controversy” surrounding US Ryder Cup captain Tom Watson. I didn’t watch a minute of the Cup, but found the sniping afterward amusing. Joe breaks it down properly.
U.S. got the Ryder Cup captain it hired
Finally, Jack Handey, the Deep Thoughts guy, with a nice little ode to Phil Hartman.