I'd rather be sitting in a ballpark.

My apologies to Laurence Tureaud for adding to his admonition, but far too many people have been squawking about Bill Belichick not making the HOF in the first ballot. The guy will get in, but more importantly he hasn’t lost any money due to the delay and he hasn’t lost his job at UNC. I’m…

I’m not sure if it was Confucius, Mr. Peabody or Al McGuire that said, “Cold is colder when you aren’t feeling great.” I do know that spending time on a corner for crossing guard duty and playground duty in the bitter cold affects one’s thinking. Everyone that follows the Bulls in Chicago has just come…

Since the 2022 season there isn’t much to distinguish the White Sox (170-403) from the Athletics (255-393) as both teams have hit rock bottom. The Sox have intermittently been listed among the surprise teams before the 41-121, 2024 season. And after an especially horrible 2023 season, the Athletics have made incremental progress. However, it’s the…

While the “feels like” temperature has soared to 1 degree, I can sense a little difference in the weather. And while my colleagues have endured a week’s worth of indoor recess with K-4th graders the sun has risen each morning since the news of Bill Belichick’s HOF snubbing. The initial hue and cry over his…

It seems like every offseason a few free agents don’t sign on with teams until ST breaks, and this offseason is no different. Most notable among position players are Eugenio Suarez and Luis Arraez whose particular skill sets couldn’t be more different. Rumors of the former are more prevalent than the latter but neither appears…

While never in her demographic, I can’ get Natasha Bedingfield’s ethereal lyrics out of my mind. I’m 120% sure it’s about this dang deep freeze we’ve been mired in and not the overall cheery mood. Last week, I read and shared wonderful Washington Post story about tiki culture. While the article didn’t stress the importance…

As one who isn’t currently signed up for the Marquis Network and Cubs telecasts this season, I’m curious to see how I consume regular season games from the comfort of Casa de Bob. I know fans in other cities have to figure out how they’ll do the same with their favorite teams as broadcast deals…

It’s assumed that the media has a better understanding of similes and metaphors because they are schooled in those things at journalism school. Because the line between journalism and media has become so blurred in the past twenty years, it’s naive to assume that any of the above can work an apt metaphor into daily…

I lucked out and caught the second half of tonight’s CFP championship. Congrats to the Indiana Hoosiers and the university. While it has no real connection, 50 years ago, Bobby Knight his Hoosiers won the first of three NCAA hoops titles. (76, 81 and 87). First team to go 16-0 in winning the football title…

Because I don’t offer game analysis of baseball games that I don’t attend, I’m not going to veer into uncharted territory with last night’s Bears loss. However, I do have thoughts about the pass and what it means. I’ll never understand why Caleb Williams is so much better in the fourth quarter with the game…