Byron Buxton finally living up to his fantasy baseball potential should no longer be ignored
Now imagine this park was in a place called Buxton, Minn. (not a real place), and you've been trying to go every year since 2015. Every time you go, it's closed for maintenance. Eventually, your desire to visit dissipates, since it always ends in disappointment.
Roto Rage believes one more sojourn to Buxton's Theme Park could be worth it. All the rides are functioning, and it's the 10th anniversary of its opening.
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No one has ever disputed Byron Buxton's talent. His biggest downfall always has been an injury history that makes 'In Search of Lost Time' by Marcel Proust look like a short story.
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Byron Buxton finally living up to his fantasy baseball potential should no longer be ignored
Imagine getting to the theme park you'd been dreaming of going to since you were a child, only to find out that it's closed for maintenance from an animatronic moose. You'd be devastated. You may even punch that moose. Now imagine this park was in a place called Buxton, Minn. (not a real place), and you've been trying to go every year since 2015. Every time you go, it's closed for maintenance. Eventually, your desire to visit dissipates, since it always ends in disappointment. Roto Rage believes one more sojourn to Buxton's Theme Park could be worth it. All the rides are functioning, and it's the 10th anniversary of its opening. Advertisement No one has ever disputed Byron Buxton's talent. His biggest downfall always has been an injury history that makes 'In Search of Lost Time' by Marcel Proust look like a short story.
Washington Post
12-06-2025
- Washington Post
Peter Mendelsund lost the desire to read, and is still awash in books
Perhaps pleasure reading had come to seem like a busman's holiday? 'I didn't used to feel that way,' Mendelsund said during a recent visit to his home in Manhattan. 'It's a very strange thing. I think it's a combination of reading so much during my life and then working in the industry for a while and just seeing the churn.' During the pandemic, depressed, 'I read Proust for the first time, the whole shebang, and then I finished it, and I just sort of felt — done.' And it wasn't just that 'In Search of Lost Time' felt so perfect and complete, or that it was such a long undertaking. 'I just couldn't pick anything up anymore.' Still, despite his diminished appetite for prose, Mendelsund's sizable apartment remains awash in books. 'The piles are eventually — I think — going to be something. I don't know what. I have to make some order,' he said. He distributed cups of coffee, then showed us around.
Associated Press
01-06-2025
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Cole Young drives in winning run in 10th in major league debut, Mariners beat Twins 5-4
SEATTLE (AP) — Cole Young hit a fielder's choice in the 11th inning in his major league debut for his first RBI, giving the Seattle Mariners a 5-4 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Saturday night. Promoted from Triple-A Tacoma prior to the game, Young hit a dribbler up the first-base line off Cole Sands (3-2) to plate Miles Mastrobuoni. The throw from first baseman Ty France was not in time. Seattle catcher Cal Raleigh hit 22nd home run of the year in the third to tie the Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani for the major league lead. For the second straight game, the Mariners blew a lead in the ninth inning. Trevor Larnach singled to tie it for Minnesota, with Byron Buxton scoring after reaching base on reliever Carlos Vargas' fielding error. The Mariners took their first lead of the night on J.P. Crawford's two-run home run in the seventh inning. The Twins took a three-run lead in the second inning when Matt Wallner hit a two-run home run in his first game back from the injured list, and Buxton added a two-out RBI single. But a strong showing from the Mariners' bullpen kept Minnesota's bats mostly at bay. Collin Snider (2-1) tossed scoreless innings in the 10th and the 11th. Key moment Wallner tried to score from second on a single up the middle by Kody Clemens in the 10th inning. But Julio Rodriguez flashed a rocket arm with a perfect strike to home to gun down Wallner. Harrison Bader grounded into an inning-ending double play shortly after. Up next Seattle right-hander Luis Castillo (4-3, 3.32) was set to start Sunday agaunst right-hander Chris Paddack (2-5, 3.92) in the series finale. ___ AP MLB:
