JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN . . .
JUST BECAUSE YOU CAN . . . It’s hard to be a billionaire. It is increasingly difficult to be the richest guy on the block. It’s not fair when you have more money than anyone else, and everyone expects you to spend it like a drunken sailor on shore leave. And despite what people may…
HOT STOVE ON THE BACK BURNER
HOT STOVE ON THE BACK BURNER What I am about to write is neither an excuse nor a justification. I am not even sure it rises to the level of a cop-out. Rather, it is an admission of ignorance, indifference, and potentially insensitivity. Last Friday afternoon I posted a blog entitled Free Agents of (Loose)…
FREE AGENTS OF (LOOSE) CHANGE
FREE AGENTS OF (LOOSE) CHANGE It started with the following text to a buddy of mine on the eve of Game 6 of the ALCS: “More pressure? (David) Price tonight or (Johnny) Cueto tomorrow (if necessary)?” The corollary question was: Who was more nervous, Price’s agent or Cueto’s agent? We are now officially in Hot…
FROM G.O.A.T. to GOAT
FROM G.O.A.T. to GOAT We live in a funny society. And by “funny”, I mean wholly cruel and punishing. As a society, we love nothing more than a great story, a fairy tale come true. And then we wait for – nee, we wish for, and often precipitate – the great fall. It is as…
THE BLAME GAME
THE BLAME GAME On back to back days, we saw two Major Leaguers make major league heads up plays. They literally ran the bases with their heads up, and took an extra base when others might/would have missed the opportunity. In Toronto, this resulted in a confused umpire, a littered field, and a tie-breaking run…
HAPPY BIRTHDAY
HAPPY BIRTHDAY On the day after my 16th birthday, as my street was filling with cars and my house was filling with teenagers (my parents were quite accommodating by leaving the continent shortly after I passed my driver’s test), Kirk Gibson gave us the greatest moment in Los Angeles sports history. (Relax, Lakers fan. This…
WORLDS/PLAYERS COLLIDE
WORLDS/PLAYERS COLLIDE Two worlds collide, rival nations; it’s a primitive clash, venting years of frustrations. Does the crowd understand? Is it East versus West, or man against man? (Extra points if you can reference the previous stanza (hint: it is a verse)). It’s Biggie vs. Tupac. It’s the Big Apple vs. Hollywood Glitz and…
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY . . . WHAT’S NEXT?
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY . . . WHAT’S NEXT? It seems like just yesterday – but it was actually more than a year ago – that I started writing this blog. As I am certain you all recall, it was the A’s-Royals Wild Card game that inspired me to put fingers to keyboard and share my thoughts and…
THE MORE THINGS CHANGE . . .
THE MORE THINGS CHANGE . . . Here I was, dropping my son off for his bar mitzvah tutor, when I heard on the radio that the Royals had just won their division and were headed back to the playoffs. If this had been a movie, everything around me suddenly would have been blurry and…
ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE
ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE During these Days of Awe, I have been inspired to write a little off-topic. I hope that does not offend too many of you (and if it does, I will atone), but I felt compelled to delve into the personal, even if just for a few hundred/thousand words. As I have mentioned…