Baseball & the 10,000 Things


BB10K was a personal head-shot I used to send out in the mails. A state-of-mind document. A test-pattern. An attempt to find out whether or not I could order the swirl upstairs into a template that might work for someone else.

It has a chronology, so be aware of the dates. It has a "trajectory," of which more later. And for my purposes here, it works as an explanation of how I later arrived at my "Twenty-Plus Questions," which may appear here, bit by bit, over the next several years.

BB10K proper consisted of 4 numbered issues spanning 18 pages appearing between February '94 and February '95.

—Rick Lopez

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BB10K INDEX

Vol. I, no. 1, February 1994

  • Page 1

    • The Opener: "He had a clutch going on me..."
    • Kerouac Quote
    • Tonight's Line-up
    • "I was once a Yankee batboy..."

  • Page 2

    • Throwing Out the First Pitch
    • Claude M. Fuess Quote

  • Page 3 / Grab Bag

    • Moonlight Graham Lonely Hearts Club
    • Coming Soon, Probably
    • Lesher / Howick Quote

  • Page 4 / Hello I Must Be Going

    • Tapes
    • Dear Diary Jan. 30 & Feb. 6, 1994
    • The Lineup is...
    • The Copyright Thang
    • Lift a Glass, Say Thank You and Farewell...
    • The Terms
    • Leif Smith Quote

Vol. I, no. 2, May 1994

  • Page 5

    • Trade of the Year: Joe Camel for Memorabilia + Cash
    • "Dem Bums..." --Babs Gonzales
    • Aristotle Defines Team

  • Page 6

    • Crazy Quilt #1: Jackie Robinson Breaks the Color Line
    • Percy Bridgman Quote

  • Page 7 / Grab Bag

    • ...Powers of the Commisioner...
    • Behind the Wheel
    • Gandhi Quote
    • Youneverknow
    • A Most Enviable List
    • Sir Arthur Stanley Eddington Quote

  • Page 8 / Hello I Must Be Going

    • Credits
    • Dear Diary Mar 20, 1994
    • Various
    • Lift a Glass, Say Thank You and Farewell...
    • Walt Whitman Quote
    • The Terms
    • Lord Halifax Quote

Vol. I, no. 3, September 1994

  • Page 9

    • [tap-tap-tap:] All Together Now...
    • Jimmy Austin Quote
    • Tonight's Line-up
    • Hazrat Inayat Khan Quote

  • Page 10

    • Around Here It's Always the Bottom of the Ninth
    • Stendhal Quote

  • Page 11 / Grab Bag

    • The Most Interesting Thing About the Pirates This Year...
    • Horticulture 101
    • Fridtjof Nansen Quote
    • L.O.O.M.
    • Unblind Me With Science Whydontcha?!?

  • Page 12 / Yes We Have No Bananas

    • Happy Returns
    • Wendy Knickerbocker
    • Joe Napora / BULLHEAD
    • Most Compelling Book Dedication
    • Another Tape Search
    • Lift a Glass, Say Thank You and Farewell...
    • Leonard Zelig Quote
    • The Terms
    • ee cummings Quote

Vol. I, no. 4, February 1995

  • Page 13

    • I Want a New Drug
    • Aunt Bea Quote
    • Jean Cocteau Quote
    • Tripleheader: Tallulah Bankhead / Willie Mays / William Shakespeare Quotes
    • Time to Spare / Max Frisch Quote
    • Daniel Lanois Quote

  • Page 17 / Leavings

    • And After All That, Thanks and Credits to...
    • Diderot Quote
    • Coming: A Greek Tragedy in Twenty-Two Acts
    • FRAGS
    • Michael Hurley Quote
    • Anonymous Quote