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Someone alert the hippies… it is 1969. Was that Tom Seaver I saw on the mound yesterday for the New York Metropolitans? Was that Joe Namath quarterbacking the New York Jets? There was a time in my life I used … Continue reading
Yearly Archives: 2015
Baseball’s final four is set, and we’ve got the blue-and-white teams facing off to play the winner of the blue-and-orange teams. Experienced money has got to be with the K.C. Royals, while sabermetric money probably lies with the Jays. Sentimental … Continue reading
1. The Chicago Cubs win a playoff series. 2. Playboy stops running nude photographs. 3. Democratic presidential candidates make the occasional cogent argument at a debate. Begin to worry, everyone. … Continue reading
Much as I love seeing my hometown Washington Redskins play reasonably well I can’t help feeling a bit a bit nostalgic for games of yesteryear, when I assumed they had no chance of winning. Games such as that played yesterday, … Continue reading
This past Wednesday I turned 33 and 1/3 years old. Not exactly a milestone, but noteworthy nonetheless. I’m happy to say that in conjunction with said “birthday,” my new album, Still Playing at 33 1/3, will be available for sale … Continue reading
Well, at least I got to sit down and actually watch one full baseball game this season. Unfortunately it went pretty much as I expected. I’ll admit I got to see only an embarrassingly-small number of baseball games this year. … Continue reading
How did I spend my weekend? Watching sports, natch. On Saturday I was treated to the most dominating pitching performance I’ve ever seen. On Sunday I had 14 hours of NFL games, capped by a Sunday night classic that rivaled, … Continue reading
Proof again that football is taking over more and more of our lives, the Baltimore Ravens and Pittsburgh Steelers played an instant Thursday night classic last night at Heinz Field in Pittsburgh. Unfortunately, like most of America (it seemed) I … Continue reading
This September was not one to remember for my hometown Washington Nats. What should have been a month-long coast to a division title became, rather, a struggle to stay alive that turned into an undignified total collapse. Teammates literally coming … Continue reading
I realize I’m a few days late on this, but I couldn’t let the passing of Yogi Berra escape a tribute on this blog. I’ve got to do it for him, because otherwise he probably won’t do it for me. … Continue reading