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Can the Rangers repeat in 2024?
When Arizona beat the Yankees in 2001, they ended the Yanks brief streak at three titles (98-2000), but pretty much every team since then believed they’d repeat as WS champion. The closest anyone came was the Giants who won in 2010, 12, and 14. While fans of the teams that have won World Series rings in…
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One last look back at 1973
Since my attendance at ballgames paled in comparison to years past and a couple friends, it’s not worth sharing my favorite memories from the past seasons, ML and minor league. And unless someone from my baseball past passes away before Monday morning, this will be the last reflection on 1973. While skimming through some of the…
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What I’ve learned from Justin Fields and Delilah
With the Bears currently sitting at 6-9, it’s difficult for everyone in town not to connect the dots with Fields’ future and the Bears last two games. Since the Bears drafted Fields out of Ohio State in the 1st round of the draft, everyone in town has had a hard time making heads or tails…
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Generational talents?
Maybe it’s just a matter of semantics, but the term generational talent befuddles me. I understand both the denotation and connotation, but I’m confused by the overuse. I also get that it’s not an overt superlative, but I think the media implies a one of a generation talent. Because there is no minor football league, first round…
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Measuring success..
Unfortunately, most people seem to measure success by one’s paycheck. If you’re a professional athlete or an entertainer, your salary is public knowledge. The biggest story of this offseason is the record deal that Shohei Ohtani signed with the Dodgers, and the money he is deferring so that they can sign everyone but Mayor McCheese. It’s easy…
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There’s nothing like a good white elephant exchange.
Jerry Dipoto of the Mariners and A.J Prellar of the Padres are both seen as free-wheeling traders. The baseball media love them both and are longing for their type of action right now. Note that neither team has won a World Series despite all of the spending and trading. While I don’t pretend to speak for all…
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Reality television and MLB
Remember in the days leading up to Ohtani to the Dodgers? A number of people and those supposedly in the know, mistook Shark Tank investor, Robert Herjavec for Shohei Ohtani. Hey, all those really rich guys look alike when they board planes. No longer a reality television drone, I hadn’t thought about Shark Tank in years. However,…
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The post Shohei world..
After learning Ohtani wasn’t coming to Chicago to play for either team, I wiped the hurt from my heart and started to look at what the rest of MLB is going to do before spring training. I hope none of my fellow Cub fans took this snubbing of Wrigleyville personally. Other than the money considerations…
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My eyes are bleeding
For the most part, I couldn’t be happier that I don’t follow the Iowa Hawkeyes football team. Instead, I’m watching two basketball blue bloods play some of the worst ball I’ve ever seen. With a little more than 9 minutes left, I don’t care who wins. I just want the bleeding to stop. I don’t…
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Zoiks Scoob, like run
After a lot of stops and starts and really irresponsible reporting, Shohei Ohtani finally signed a 10-year, $700 million contract with the Dodgers. I hope he and his agent don’t opt out after 10 minutes or renegotiate the deal before I hit the big 6 0. Someone reported that there are going to be deferred…
I'd rather be sitting in a ballpark. 