Relax, review, reset

 Baseball Column Tim's Two Cents

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

 Baseball Column Tim's Two Cents

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 Monday afternoon, and…

Time for midterm grades in MLB

 Baseball Column Tim's Two Cents Pittsburgh Sports

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 Pittsburgh Pirates, so I will do my midseason review and analysis…

More is not better

 Baseball Column Tim's Two Cents Pittsburgh Sports

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, early round upsets…

Who issued the gag order?

 Column Tim's Two Cents Golf Pittsburgh Sports

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. Come playoff time…

The Phillies and Pirates aren’t just on opposite ends of the state

 Baseball Column Tim's Two Cents Pittsburgh Sports

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 raging on…

Great intentions still can’t change history

 Baseball Column Tim's Two Cents

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 for the fantastic…