"Hating the Yankees like it's a religion since 94'" RIP Mike.
"It's also a simple and indisputable fact that WAR isn't the be-all end-all in valuations, especially in real life. Wanna know why? Because an ace in run-prevention for 120 innings means more often than not, a sub-standard pitcher covering for the rest of the IP that pitcher fails to provide. You can't see value in a vacuum when a player does not provide full-time production."
"Hating the Yankees like it's a religion since 94'" RIP Mike.
"It's also a simple and indisputable fact that WAR isn't the be-all end-all in valuations, especially in real life. Wanna know why? Because an ace in run-prevention for 120 innings means more often than not, a sub-standard pitcher covering for the rest of the IP that pitcher fails to provide. You can't see value in a vacuum when a player does not provide full-time production."
It wasn't right after writing that novel.
He had been accused of plagerism several times, including for The Painted Bird.
He was very sick and dying, as I remember, before killing himself. He left a note that read....
"I am going to put myself to sleep now for a bit longer than usual. Call it Eternity."
I was just trying to come up with writers from a similar sphere. I think Vonnegut and Pynchon are overrated as hell.
I'm not a huge Bukowski fan, but his writing is enjoyable if you're in the mood for it. And yes, the majority of his fans are early to mid 20's burgeoning alcoholics.