Month: October 2015

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 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 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? 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 . . . 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…