I'd rather be sitting in a ballpark.

hWe’re not half way through the opening slate of games, but several things have caught my eyes from afar. What do Paul Skenes, Mathew Boyd, and Logan Webb have in common? Each was a starting pitcher for Team USA in the recently completed WBC and each was squashed like a bug in their team’s season…

Even though I have little more than an academic interest in tonight’s opener between the Giants and Yankees, I’m excited that the season is finally starting. Incidentally, I’m hoping the Giants win and narrow the gap between them and the Dodgers. Some seasons I feel the urge to make preseason predictions-even guessing win totals for…

Instead of family support what I could have used in high school was an agent who had mastered the press conference. As Opening Day is right around the corner the justifications for really crappy pitching performances is exploding. Every team’s broadcasters are pushing the “he’s working on different pitches” spiel when things go sideways. My…

Only it’s not funny. Just a few minutes ago I saw an NCAA ad before today’s lead-in game for the final 32. In the ad, the NCAA purports to be protecting the student-athlete from the thugs legally placing bets on college sports. Some of these thugs have taken to threaten players and make (unbecoming) comments…

Before he was the manager of the 2026 WBC Team Venezuela champs, Omar Lopez was a mild-mannered superhero.

Over the last few years several people have asked me why I have given up on golf. After much soul searching, I realized it wasn’t the collapse of my swing, the rising cost to play and lack of free time, but rather my rational fear that I might run into Frank Thomas and Doug Flutie…

Earlier today but before the tournament of 64 officially tipped off, I “filled out” a bracket against my better judgement. I didn’t enter it in a pool or contest and probably won’t consult it until someone tears down the nets in Indy. I’ve long since considered myself knowledgeable on the college game, and more importantly,…

As a writer I probably rely too heavily on commas and adverbs, but I do so to provide natural breaks and clarity. It seems that most writers, bloggers and commentators bludgeon readers with caps and !!. The coverage of the recently completed WBC has been the perfect example of this carelessness in journalism. It’s not…

When I began this blog I copied and pasted dozens of articles on a weekly basis, partly because it was easier on the old site, but also because there was so much more better writing out there. And by that, I mean, sports journalism was stronger and folks adhered to rules. It’s the wild west…

Today is a marketer’s dream-especially if you are in food services. Not only has everyone parlayed St. Patrick’s Day for the past week (and upcoming week) into gold, but consumers are biting, literally. For the past couple of weeks, it’s hard to ignore the print ads extoling everything green and Irish. Even the usual skeptics…