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The B-List: 2007

Cleveland Indians Season in Review

by Steve Buffum

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Softcover
£13.49
£11.30
Softcover
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Book Details

Language : English
Publication Date : 31/01/2008

Format : Softcover
Dimensions : 6x9
Page Count : 404
ISBN : 9781434350329

About the Book

You do for CLE baseball what Bukowski did for the post office – Chris Gemerchak

 

The triumphant second year of The B-List on TheClevelandFan.com featured more of what readers have come to expect from the daily column chronicling the adventures (and misadventures) of the Cleveland Indians’ run to the ALCS.  In this book, you’ll find more of the fluid wit, unorthodox statistics, and language butchery that made The B-List one of the favorite must-read columns of Steve Buffum’s relatives everywhere.

 

Within these pages, you’ll discover such things as:

 

  • The ballad of Oldberto Hernandez
  • A proposal to change all Cleveland relievers’ names to “Raffy”
  • The claim that Ryan Garko’s triple was the result of a meteorite strike and a polar bear attack
  • Over 50 outrageous lies about Mark Shapiro
  • A player who is, inconceivably, worse than Ramon Vazquez
  • Fausto!™
  • C.C. Sabathia and the Inning of Crap™

On bunt defense: And Jensen Lewis is thinking ... well, it's hard to say what Jensen Lewis is thinking ... how yellow Spongebob is, or possibly that growing Beverly Hills 90210 sideburns make him look older so he can avoid getting carded at the 7-11 ... but he throws the ball to second to not get Ramon Vazquez out.

 

On defense in general: Borowski induced a routine ground ball to first baseman Ryan Garko, who slapped it with his frying pan before kicking it with his hockey skates.  (In his defense, he was wearing oven mitts at the time.)

About the Author

Steve Buffum is one of the authors ever published.  He writes a daily column during the baseball season about the exploits of the Cleveland Indians, and works as a data cudgeller for a chemical management firm in his spare time.  He lives in Austin, TX with his wife, two sons, one daughter, and the two dumbest cats in North America.  His work can be found at TheClevelandFan.com, although he also published a short piece about his son's haircut that was well-received by over five readers.  He has Bachelor's Degrees in Mathematics and Physics and a Master's Degree in Mathematics, none of which he uses as often as his knowledge of Naruto, Ratchet & Clank, or My Little Pony.  He has not played the bassoon in over 15 years.