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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
In 1994, Major League Baseball cancelled its World Series. It was the first time in American history that had ever happened. Our national pastime reminded all those watching that baseball was first and foremost, a business. It was a shock Continue reading Cable cancels ESPN’s culture (and other confusing conundrums)
Have you ever experienced one of those eerie, bigger-than-life moments where you suddenly and startlingly realize that everything is right and proper with the universe and that you are smack dab, exactly where you are supposed to be at that Continue reading Domingo German’s perfect game night no match for our family’s
When you think of the times and places throughout history where sports and politics have intertwined, the first images that come to mind are probably presidents throwing out ceremonial first pitches at baseball season openers, or commanders-in-chiefs quipping one-liners while Continue reading Book Review: Power Players: Sports, Politics and the American Presidency by Chris Cillizza
