I’m Hot and I’m Cranky
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I spent the last week here in Central Pennsylvania suffering through a week of unbearable 100 degree days. Stifling. Miserable. Unpleasant.
The heat made me cranky. Crabby. Even cantankerous.
While in that negative frame of mind consuming…
Halfway Home
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As we get ready to celebrate the Fourth of July for the 250th time, baseball is racing in to the second half of the season.
Perfect.
Baseball, apple pie, and all that. Talking baseball sure beats the idiotic hot dog eating contest.
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Behind the Mask
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The more things change…
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The Pittsburgh Pirates are a changed team this year.
The results? Not so much.
You know what they say. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
There are only four teams with worse records than the Pirates in the National…
Hypocritical Irony, I tell you
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Hypocritical is defined by the fine folks at Merriam-Webster as: behavior that contradicts what one believes or feels.
Irony is defined by those same folks as: the use of words to express something other than or the opposite of the…
Cap it off
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I am so happy I am almost giddy.
Fans of the Pirates, Rays, Brewers, Royals, Indians, and more should be rejoicing. No, not because the players association made their initial offer towards a new collective bargaining agreement —a ridiculous…
Memorial Day Baseball
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Memorial Day is the unofficial start to summer.
The temperatures start to heat up and so do the pennant races in Major League Baseball.
Memorial Day also means one third of the season is gone. It seems like an appropriate time to analyze…
Rivals headed in opposite directions
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Two Pennsylvania rivals met on the diamond at PNC Park in Pittsburgh this past weekend.
Pirates.
Phillies.
Same state. Same league. Same sport.
Totally different directions.
It didn’t start that way. The Phillies got off…
These games count ya know
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The stretch drive.
In sports everyone from players to coaches to fans worry about the stretch drive. You have to be playing well down the stretch.
Here’s the thing. Every game counts the same in the standings. They don’t weight the games…
Finally
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ET phoned home. Rocky Balboa battled Thunderlips. Thriller, he he, was released. Atari brought Qbert to your local arcade. Joan Jett loved rock and roll. Big hair and leg warmers were a style. GI Joe was still battling enemies. Olivia Newton-John got…
