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…