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Posted by mahatma chani on 2008-10-02 17:18:54 +0000

Already linked to this one in the MLB Playoff Thread.

Posted by TheFullCleveland on 2008-10-02 17:28:28 +0000

Posted by dyedon8 on 2008-10-02 17:28:51 +0000

So you did. Still, an exceedingly clunky Fugazi analogy from Simmons gets its own thread.

Posted by MF DU on 2008-10-02 18:31:57 +0000

Excuse Me, sir? Sir? Mr. Ramirez? Guy and I have a gift for you: Now get the Fuck Out Of Here!

Posted by respectless on 2008-10-02 19:16:02 +0000

I got yelled at by Ian at a Fugazi show in '96 at St. John's Gym in Clinton. He thought I was giving him the finger (I really WAS scratching my eye. I have no reason to give them the finger). He proceeded to make an ass out of me in front of 500 angry sycophants. He didn't even give me a chance to defend myself. The guy is so sensitive. Somebody should give HIM an ice cream cone. I love (almost) everything the guy's done, but man, is he a douchebag in some ways. I think he looks for reasons to berate people who do not meet or exceed his level of PC-ness. Although, he didn't offer me my six (inflation, ya know) dollars back, and I was allowed by his holier-than-thou-ness to remain at the show. Thanks Ian. Seriously, thanks for some of my favorite music. Now get the Fuck Out Of Here.

Posted by mahatma chani on 2008-10-02 19:32:33 +0000

Incredible.

Posted by ConorClockwise on 2008-10-03 06:20:50 +0000

9,000 words. Fairly well done. But even before reading this I'm sure I'll always like Manny. Even if he ended up playing every game of his career for Cleveland, I think I'd totally dig him.

Posted by dyedon8 on 2008-10-10 13:31:05 +0000

Q: Was your heavy use of footnotes in your Manny column a not-so-subtle (but still effective) memorial tribute to David Foster Wallace? He might have been the finest sportswriter-who-wasn't-actually-a-sportswriter who ever lived. His portrait of Roger Federer a few years back was stunning (and, as a New Englander, you've got to read "Consider The Lobster"). Incredible writer; he'll be missed. -- Mike W., Westport, Conn. SG: I wrote the first and second drafts of that column (with footnotes) before Wallace died. So it was a little surreal how that worked out. The only other time I ever used footnotes for something I wrote was with my book. Anyway, as brilliant as his Federer piece was, I'd rank his Michael Joyce piece higher -- I thought it was one of the single best sports pieces ever written, right there with "Hub Fans Bid Kid Adieu" (John Updike); "Gone for Good" (Roger Angell); "What Do You Think of Ted Williams Now?" (Richard Ben Cramer); "Lawdy Lawdy He's Great" (Mark Kram); "The Silent Season of a Hero" (Gay Talese); "Ego" (Norman Mailer); and "Pure Heart" (William Nack). I love so many other sports pieces (Hunter Thompson's Kentucky Derby piece, George Plimpton's "Medora Goes to a Game," Angell's "Agincourt and After" and "Distance," Charlie Pierce's piece about a post-HIV Magic Johnson, Wright Thompson's piece about his father, John McPhee's "Centre Court," Frank Deford's Jimmy Connors profile, Talese's "The Loser," Wallace's Federer piece, Tony Kornheiser's Rick Barry profile, David Halberstam's piece about Jordan after the '98 Finals, Rick Reilly's profile of Bryant Gumbel, Gary Smith's profiles of Muhammad Ali and Jim Valvano, and so on and so on), but if you're picking a "Top 12 Greatest Sports Pieces Ever," those eight pieces have to be included. They just do.

Posted by mr. mister on 2008-10-16 22:26:55 +0000

I really enjoyed watching Manny watch Nomar strike out last night. If we're not going to the World Series then neither are you Manny! go sox. I went to a Fugazi show once in Providence. A guy in the crowd lit a lighter. He was standing behind someone. So Ian thought he was lighting the guy on fire. So he stops the song and proceeds to completely freak out. saying things like: "you do not light people on fire!" "you do not light people on fire!" pretty funny stuff