I'd rather be sitting in a ballpark.

Since I wasn’t in a specific classroom today, I have no idea if teachers at my school recognized Veterans Day or explained the origins of Armistice Day. I do know that communities across the country held Veterans’ breakfasts, memorials and other gatherings of remembrance. Even if it goes against company policy, I believe in Hug…

Recently the Chicago Bears were facing a patch of games that looked to be wins, such that everyone believed winning those games set them up to be in a better place when they’d face the tougher section of their schedule. Most everyone had some sort of equation that would result in the Bears finally making…

This story is one of the reasons why fans outside of NY don’t care for the Yankees and specific players. Every news item is a faux drama that everyone else is supposed to care about. At one point, I even rooted for Gerrit Cole, but that era has passed years ago. Gerrit Cole staying with…

The Chicago White Sox famously went 41-121 in 2024. Will the Chicago Bulls win more than 41 games this season? 41 wins in a regular NBA season is .500 ball. The over/under heading into the season was in the low 30’s.

Comparisons and player comps are unavoidable in sports. It’s only natural especially when the players have so much in common or teams appear to be of equal strength. Before Freddie Freeman destroyed the dreams of a competitive World Series, we were all led to believe that the battle between Judge and Ohtani and the Yankees…

By suggesting that both Shohei Ohtani and Aaron Judge are in World Series slumps might serve as an impetus for their turnarounds. Against all the MLB holds dear, the two have underperformed in the first two games of the 2024 and yet, the games continue. If you bought into the pre-Series hype, this battle between…

Was I the only non-Texan wishing for a quick end to yesterday afternoon’s game on FOX? I was led to believe that the World Series pregame show was supposed to be airing. After a quick bathroom break, I got what I sort of wanted, the FOX pregame show. I kept it on against my better…

I don’t expect any starting pitcher to pull a Fernando circ 1981 and throw 100+ pitches in a game, but I’d love it if both managers only started traditional, legit starters. I’m done with the opener and bullpen games. In the very short term, they might be sorta effective but are painful to watch. If…

No matter how one slices it, forty-three years is a long time ago. I’ve already noted a half dozen stories written about the last time the Dodgers and Yankees faced off in a World Series. Anyone has the right to write about history, but some of the folks writing about the 1981 World Series lack…

At the time, I didn’t think the Dodgers $700 million investment in Shohei Ohtani would be worth the money and hype because that’s a boatload of money. Whether they beat the Yankees or not, the Dodgers got their money’s worth. Maybe because I’m blinded by the Cubs inept free agent history, I was surprised that…