New York Mets pitcher (and frequent mikeoconnelljr.com subject) Jacob deGrom left his start Sunday after only five innings, “right side tightness” later declared to be the cause. Following a “clean” MRI, deGrom was nonetheless placed on the 10-day Injured List, … Continue reading
Many holidays have found me confused, not about the spirit of the day or its merit, but rather… how to spell it. (I swear I’ve seen “Presidents’ Day about six different ways.) Mother’s Day? No such problem. Seems as though … Continue reading
Question: What has Joe Biden done every day of his presidency? Answer: Set a record for being America’s oldest President.
Every so often I like to keep up with what “the masses” are reading, embarking on a fiction journey worthy of third-grade prose and soap opera substance. That’s me reading 28 Summers, the 2020 beach book written by the dean of all beach … Continue reading
I used to see a house in my neighborhood selling for 400 grand and think what kind of gold-plated underground secret fortress is that place hiding? Now when I see a house in my neighborhood selling for 400 grand I think… … Continue reading
I knew the deGrom jinx would work. Walking off the mound Wednesday evening, having given up an awful one run in six innings, deGrom’s otherworldly ERA+ had fallen to 744, only about triple that produced by the greatest pitchers in the … Continue reading
I know, I know, small sample size, but you gotta love this one, from the world of baseball. New York Mets (and former Binghamton Met) phenom Jacob deGrom’s first four starts this year have yielded an ERA+ of 1227. (Dramatic … Continue reading
I can see it now… those Standard Time diehards, protesting the state of Georgia’s proposed legislation to make Daylight Savings Time permanent. Pretty soon they’ll be canceling Atlanta sports contests and boycotting peaches and such over it. I tried to … Continue reading
Don’t look now but my hometown NBA team (that would be the Washington Wizards) are in sole possession of 10th place—and the final playoff spot—in the Eastern Conference. Tonight the Wiz take on the once formidable Oklahoma City Thunder. OKC … Continue reading
An all-too-popular conspiracy theory, floating through the American psyche and blogosphere since March 2020, is that COVID-19 is actually some grand government plan to expand the size of the state and keep citizens subservient for the rest of human civilization. … Continue reading