The Old Ball Game

Following the Mets’ sweep of the Cubs last week, The New York Times’ Dan Barry prepared a clever page one (sports section) story written in old-school, 1908 prose style. Can you imagine Barry (and his headline writer) using a calculus to come up with key concepts that reflect a century-distant past? ‘What words and phrases were popular in […]

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Plate Discipline

We know there’s a difference between entrepreneurs, who are natural at start-ups, and executives, who can sustain and strengthen an organization or effort once the energy of the original spark is spent. A similar ‘follow-through’ capacity is a sign of maturity, or seasoning. With the Mets 3-0 in the 2015 National League Championship Series, and our community six-and-a-half […]

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