Everyone knows there’s something not quite right about suburban sprawl: the deserts of plywood spreading over hayfields; the kids getting fat eating potato chips in front of TV; the creeping lure of the affordable dream house that comes in the same four basic plans no matter where you are. But the houses are big, beautiful, white, more than you ever expected to have. More than you can resist.
Kathleen Stewart, Ordinary Affects, 2007, p. 49
Either way things turn out to be not what you thought they were.
In 2001, Barry Bonds hit 73 home runs. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bondsba01.shtml
*"The book Game of Shadows by Lance Williams and Mark Fainaru-Wada also does a good job outlining the evidence against Bonds.
The numbers also tell an unprincipled story. In Bonds’ first 13 season between 1986-1998 (before it’s believed he began to dope), he averaged .290/32HRs/93RBIs.
Beginning at the age of 34, Bonds enjoyed the best 6 seasons of his career. He averaged .328/49HRs/105RBIs. He hit one homerun every 8.4 at-bats. At the age of 40, he had his best season, hitting .362, with an OBP of .609 and slugging .812. He had 45 homeruns in 373 at-bats while only striking out 41 times. Bonds won his fourth consecutive MVP award and his seventh overall."* https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericmacramalla/2022/01/25/the-case-against-barry-bonds-getting-into-the-hall-of-fame/?sh=5bd42c7c114a
A memory, late at night, listening to the theme song for baseball tonight, when traveling in hotel rooms fighting sleep while your parents watch TV.
In 2001, Barry Bonds hit 73 home runs. https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/bondsba01.shtml
*"The book Game of Shadows by Lance Williams and Mark Fainaru-Wada also does a good job outlining the evidence against Bonds.
The numbers also tell an unprincipled story. In Bonds’ first 13 season between 1986-1998 (before it’s believed he began to dope), he averaged .290/32HRs/93RBIs.
Beginning at the age of 34, Bonds enjoyed the best 6 seasons of his career. He averaged .328/49HRs/105RBIs. He hit one homerun every 8.4 at-bats. At the age of 40, he had his best season, hitting .362, with an OBP of .609 and slugging .812. He had 45 homeruns in 373 at-bats while only striking out 41 times. Bonds won his fourth consecutive MVP award and his seventh overall."* https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericmacramalla/2022/01/25/the-case-against-barry-bonds-getting-into-the-hall-of-fame/?sh=5bd42c7c114a
A memory, late at night, listening to the theme song for baseball tonight, when traveling in hotel rooms fighting sleep while your parents watch TV.
not what you thought they were
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Either way things turn out to be not what you thought they were.
Kathleen Stewart, Ordinary Affects, 2007, p. 106
Kathleen Stewart, Ordinary Affects, 2007, p. 49