Bill Simmons visit to the national

PMKAY

Link

jgrigali

"old-school circumcised wooden baseball bat" - I'm crying right now

72skywalker

They both come across as being a bit of an a-hole in their writings. I know they are trying to be funny but they sounded like jerks to me. Just my 2 cents.

Bosox1976

I enjoyed it -- thanks for the link.

jeffcbay

I absolutely LOVE Bill Simmons' take on the National... every time.

esquiresports

Thanks for the link. I think he hit his pinnacle in the late 1990s with his Vegas trip pieces, but I still enjoy his columns.

bounce

I wasn't crazy with it at the start, but if you stick with it they actually found some pretty weird stuff - and they say some pretty funny things related to it.

A couple of my favorites:
"Vin Baker singed Cavs replica jersey priced at $80: We were eyeballing it when the seller wandered over just to say, “Hey, guys, I have some wiggle room on that price.” I can’t tell you how much I love the collectors convention."
"Merry Christmas — here’s the framed Hitler movie poster that I knew you wanted."
"Excuse me — does ‘highest graded’ mean the card, or just Mussolini on the scale of evil dictators in general?"

Thanks for posting, it was worth the read.

miklia

Having a guy at the level of Simmons make these types of dispatches about the national does a tremendous service to the hobby. A-hole or not, reading it makes you want to go, and I think we can all agree that increased attendance is a good thing. Easy to see that he loves going there too.

TNP777

<< <i>I absolutely LOVE Bill Simmons' take on the National... every time. >>

Yep - it is a must-read every year.