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"Beat L.A.!" (Fantasy League #10)The Pirates announced an extension with Brian Reynolds yesterday. Something like 8 years and 130 million dollars. It led to an excited crowd […]

Extension (Fantasy League #9)Games: #20 (4/20, @ Reds, W 4-3); #21 (4/21, @ Reds, W 4-2); #22 (4/21 @ Reds, W 2-1); #23 (4/22, @ Reds, W 2-0) Derek Shelton got an […]

Mile High (Fantasy League #8)Games: 17 (4/17 @ Rockies, W 14-2), 18 (4/18, @ Rockies, W 5-3), 19 (4/19, @ Rockies, W 14-3) With Ramona, I watched the “Pittiesburgh” […]

Comebackers (Fantasy League #7)Games: #13 (4/13, @ Cardinals, W 5-0);  #14 (4/14, @ Cardinals, L 0-3); #15 (4/15, @ Cardinals, W 6-3); #16, (4/16, @ Cardinals, L 5-4). […]

Getaway Day (Fantasy League #6)Games: #10 (4/10, vs. Astros, L 2-8); #11 (4/11, vs. Astros, W 7-4); #12 (4/12, vs. Astros, L 7-0). I was in Houston when Pittsburgh […]

The Loudest Single Ever Seen (Fantasy League #5)Games: #7 (vs. White Sox, W 13-9), #8 (vs. White Sox, L 5-11), #9 (vs. White Sox, W 1-0) At the home opener, after an extended ovation, […]

Friendly Fenway (Fantasy League #4)Games: #4 (@RedSox, W 7-6), #5 (@RedSox, W 4-1), and #6 (@RedSox, W 4-1) I had hoped to get this up before the first game of the […]

Going Down the Old Mine (Fantasy League #3)Games: #2 (April 1 @Reds, L 2-6) and #3 (April 2 @Reds, L 1-3) Rich Hill got hit hard, I gather, as did Vince Velasquez, who didn’t make i […]

What Fun (Fantasy League #2)Game: #1 (March 30, @ Reds, W 5-4) What happened: Mitch Keller had a good day, as one would hope for the Opening Day starter, and the […]

Opening Day (Fantasy League #1)Baseball starts today, and for the first time in three years, I know who to root for: the Pittsburgh Pirates. Incongruously, the team we’ll w […]

Today in class we’ll start a new podcast. This much longer series will be our foundation for using the Lehman library’s many resources.

There will be an increased focus on composing complex annotations in […]

Today we’ll talk about conventions.

In this class we looked at our drafts of Essay 1. We spent some time starting these on Thursday. You’ll be able to work with my feedback on this draft in concert with your peers’ feedback. Here’s an example of […]

As ever, the flow of our class is on “Chalkboard.” This is our last day discussing the many issues that emerge from Mixtape, so let’s get to it:

Review: We’ve listened to three episodes that develop Simon […]

Good afternoon! We have a lot to do today, and most of the logistical business and lessons are on the “Chalkboard.” There’s a lot to cover with today’s episode, and I’m playing around with putting it here. Here’s […]

Good afternoon!

Today we’ll continue the work of orienting ourselves to the course, with a particular eye on a few digital tools: Blackboard, CUNY Academic Commons, and Hypothes.is.

Of these, Hypothes.is […]

Belated thanks to all of you for a wonderful first day. I’m looking forward to sharing this site and our Blackboard site with you later today.

Generally, a “Class Notes” post will show up on this site around […]