May I play through?
July 22, 2024
Golf is a wonderfully frustrating game that can have you pumping your fists one hole and throwing your club the next. To this day, Mark Twain said it best: “Golf is a good walk spoiled.” I don’t even do that right. I ride a cart these days when I play…
Relax, review, reset
July 14, 2024
The Major League Baseball all star break allows teams and fans alike to relax, review the first half of the season, and hit the reset button to charge into the final 10 weeks of the season. Or in the case of White Sox fans, to sober up, try and figure…
The Slumber Company
July 7, 2024
I have seen enough.
The big debate of what the Pirates will do at the trade deadline should quietly be put back in the box. Maybe next year Pirates fans can bring that discussion back out. Not this year. It’s over.
The Pirates won…
Time for midterm grades in MLB
July 1, 2024
Fireworks.
Cookouts.
Red.
White.
Blue.
Baseball’s halfway point.
Oh, and my Two Cent midseason analysis.
All tremendous traditions for summer.
My focus is the tragedy that is the…
More is not better
June 24, 2024
Every professional sports league has increased the number of playoff spots in recent years.
I would argue that is not a good thing.
The NHL Stanley Cup playoffs often find a David sitting in the seventh or eighth seed. Admittedly,…
Who issued the gag order?
June 17, 2024
Throughout the years many great players have come up empty come playoff time.
The word choke comes to mind when thinking about this lot of players.
James Harden and Joel Embiid have been two of the best NBA players in the past decade.…
The Phillies and Pirates aren’t just on opposite ends of the state
June 10, 2024
Living in Central Pennsylvania allows me to see a fairly even split of Phillies and Pirates paraphernalia. Phillies fans are gloating right now, while Pirates fans are worried it is more of the same in Pittsburgh.
I noticed a great debate…
Great intentions still can’t change history
June 2, 2024
Even when baseball tries to do the right thing, they do the wrong thing.
Last week baseball announced that its statistical archives would now include Negro League players.
On the surface that is great news. Certainly, it is great news…
Another plea to Cooperstown for The Cobra
May 26, 2024
I haven’t done this for quite some time.
Watching the pregame ceremony on Saturday in Pittsburgh honoring the 45th anniversary of the Pirates last World Series championship team stirred some emotions.
It is hard to see your heroes…
You make the call; it couldn’t be any worse
May 20, 2024
When did adjudication become so difficult.
NHL officials have been swallowing their whistles late in games for decades. NFL officials have been clueless on pass interference and roughing the passer calls for quite some time. NBA officials have…
