Congratulations, USS Mariner

I saw this last week, but saved it until Sunday:

USSM breaks new ground, maybe

I’ve heard the inclusion of my piece “Bugs Bunny, greatest banned player ever” in the next Best American Sports Writing Annual makes USSM the first baseball blog and possibly the first blog of any kind to break into that hallowed series.

Just click on the link in the excerpt to read the post that got into the sportswriting anthology.

Here is the classic on which the post is based:

WHAM! A homer! WHAM another homer! That still cracks me up to this day.