by Kent Sterling One year and two days after his death, former Chicago Cubs third baseman Ron Santo’s dream finally came true. The Golden Era Committee in charge of the key to the gates of Cooperstown relented, welcoming Santo 37 years after his retirement from his beloved game. Shame on them. Santo spent countless years [...]
by Kent Sterling The narrative in sports is constantly evolving, and that’s what makes it so consistently fun to think about. The minute the Cardinals won Game Seven of the World Series, talk began to percolate about whether Albert Pujols would come back to the team. Then Tony LaRussa retired, and the Cubs hired Theo. [...]
by Kent Sterling Peeking under the hood is an act best reserved for a place other than on the football field sidelines. Over dinner last night in Irving, Texas, with some very astute sports guys, one asked me what I thought of instant replay in sports. We were watching game three of the World Series [...]
by Kent Sterling Since moving to St. Louis almost four months ago, I’ve spent a lot of time at Busch Stadium, and because I had no loyalty toward the Cardinals early on, I decided to spend my time and attention watching Albert Pujols play – just him, staring at Pujols all the time trying to [...]
by Kyle Miller Between NCAA recruiting violations and the Steriod Era in baseball, sports news is becoming more than just box scores and recaps. Now we listen to lawyers, judges and trials to figure out the future of certain individuals and in some cases whole programs. These allegations and investigations are ruining sports. Baseball seems [...]
