on the prairie diamond

* Apparently, Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo is a grammatically correct sentence in English. (Buffalo the verb = “to bully, confuse, deceive, or intimidate.”) via Tayari.

* Indian Country Today reports that upwards of 1,600 buffalo were killed while migrating outside of Yellowstone this year.

* No gloves allowed: NPR on Throwback Baseball Leagues playing the game the 19th century way.

* Tis the season for Baseball Books. Spring Reading for Fans of Batted Balls and Thirty Baseball Books in April.

* If you have yet to, Southwest Semiotics: Native American Roadside Texts is a must read post.

While looking at the baseballs in the slideshow here, their seams busted and thread cores exposed, we can’t but wonder which one looks most like Blip Bleen’s after he slammed it into tomorrow. Via Coudal.