Jared Bridges – Page 74

Short Relief: How Specialization is Weakening Baseball

03 May 200521 October 2004 by Jared Bridges

One thing that has always perplexed me about baseball is the “short reliever,” or “closer.” These are amazing pitchers who can step in during the final inning of the game and mow down the remaining offense. If his team is ahead by 3 runs or less, he can earn a “save.” Now I realize that … Read more

How Much Do You Trust the Polls?

19 October 2004 by Jared Bridges

Jackson Lears on polling: By the 1930’s, opinion pollsters believed they had discovered a cohesive mass audience—“the American public”—and a modal personality type—“the average American.” Since many Americans shared the pollsters’ naive faith in numbers, they accepted social scientists’ statistical constructions as accurte descriptions of themselves. The desire to fit in reinforced the normative power … Read more

The Abortion Economy

18 October 2004 by Jared Bridges

Jason Steffens points out an op/ed from the Louisville Courier-Journal from last week pondering whether or not President Bush was indeed pro-life (I suppose I should read my city’s newspaper more often…). Glen Stassen, ethicist at Fuller Seminary, seems to think that President Bush has been bad for the pro-life movement because abrotions have increased … Read more

Things I Love

03 May 200518 October 2004 by Jared Bridges

Blogger Gideon Strauss has a habit of making lists of things he loves, and he encourages others to do so as well. Here’s my list, not comprehensive, in varying intensities, and in no particular order:

A W is a W

17 October 2004 by Jared Bridges

Vols 21, Rebels 17 There are many W’s floating around this time of year, but Tennessee found the right one at Oxford tonight. I didn’t get to see the game tonight (these are the times I rethink my decision not to pay for cable), but I was able to pickup a Nashville AM radio sation … Read more

Get the Flu Shot, Not the Flu

14 October 2004 by Jared Bridges

There’s a story behind this T-shirt. My little brother once procured the garment at one of the obscure summer jobs he was working. The first time I saw him wearing it, I laughed so hard at him it, that he gave it to me the following Christmas. I’ve worn it with pride ever since. The … Read more

Body and Soul

13 October 2004 by Jared Bridges

Did anybody notice Kerry’s gaffe when quoting the Scripture that is ever-so-meaningful to him? He said that the two most important commandments were to “love the Lord your God with all your heart, body, and soul, and love your neighbor as yourself.” [emphasis mine] Compare this with an actual translation of Mark 12:30-31: And you … Read more

Round III

13 October 2004 by Jared Bridges

He got off to a rough start, but President Bush wins Debate III. He connected with Americans on a personal level when talking about his wife, his faith, and his stance on abortion. For Sen. Kerry, it was more of the same—he didn’t exactly breakdown, but he did look like a fish out of water … Read more

Ken Caminiti: Almost A Hero

05 November 200511 October 2004 by Jared Bridges

The sudden death of Ken Caminiti reminds me of how he was almost one of the baseball heroes of my youth. Sometime in the mid-to-late 1980’s, my parents took my brothers and I to an Atlanta Braves game at Fulton County Stadium. The Bravos happened to be playing the Houston Astros that night, and we … Read more

Debate #2: A Late Take

10 October 2004 by Jared Bridges

By any standards in the blogosphere, late Sunday night is far too late to be weighing in on a Friday night debate, but here’s my take: President Bush won this one handily. He was lively, coherent, and he doesn’t own a timber company. Kerry seemed repetive, saying, “George Bush rushed to war without a plan … Read more