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We have a new Pope. For the casual Jew, that doesn’t mean much. For the proud Chicagoan, it means everything. That’s because Cardinal Robert Prevost, aka Pope Leo XIV, who on Thursday became the first ever American pope, hails from Continue reading Twitter celebrates new Pope the only way Twitter knows how
“Of course there is always resistance, always a drag on movement toward better things. The dead hand of the past clutches us by way of living people who are too frightened to accept change.” ― Kim Stanley Robinson, The Ministry Continue reading The Transition: Out with the old, in with the new
If you’re looking for baseball these days, and let’s be honest, why would you be, you may want to skip past the self-proclaimed Worldwide Leader. After next season, the only baseball highlights you’ll be seeing on that network will be Continue reading ESPN tells MLB No Soup for You, Cuts Ties with America’s Former Pastime
No obstacles, only opportunities. I forget where I first heard this expression. It might have been an old boss who first shared it with me. Or perhaps I read it on one of those inspirational notebooks, you know the kind, Continue reading Diamonds in the Rough: Topless Trop Presents Homeless Rays with Golden Opportunity
Fernando Valenzuela passed away this week. He was 64 years old. That’s a fairly young age to have shuffled off this mortal coil. I say this because I’m 56 with creaky knees, a bad back and a permanently receded hairline. Continue reading What Fernando Valenzuela Meant To Me
“Wishing I was somewhere else, having fun and acting cool. I just want to be myself, and I finally found a home where I’ll never be alone, right here where I belong.” -Huey Lewis, “Finally Found a Home”, 1983 My Continue reading Rays Finally Found a Home, Again, We Think
Skyway Park, Tampa Bay, Florida, 1980. I was twelve years old. I finally got the chance to play Little League. Having grown up in New York City prior to moving down south, I lived and breathed baseball but the closest Continue reading The Big Deal Over Bronny
I don’t trust baseball. This should come as a shock to no one who is familiar with this website, nor to any slightly distrusting conspiracy theorist, nor to anyone who has followed Major League Baseball for let’s say, the past Continue reading Baseball’s Latest Gamble
Few athletes in the history of sport have been as controversial as Pete Rose. Never has a conversation taken place between sports fans that hasn’t included the obligatory question: “Should Pete Rose be in the Hall of Fame?” His is Continue reading Book Review: Charlie Hustle: The Rise and Fall of Pete Rose, and the Last Glory Days of Baseball by Keith O’Brien
I didn’t bet much in the 1990s. Don’t get me wrong. I’d sit at the occasional cruise line, blackjack table, or place a wager with a friend, but at that point in my life, I’d never been to Las Vegas Continue reading History in the making: Patrick Mahomes remains safest play on board
