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Henry Aaron dies at age 86 – he was and will always be the GOAT
January 22, 2021
January 22, 2021
Henry Aaron represented two things throughout his long baseball career and longer life – excellence and dignity. Dignity is a word that is not thrown around much these days. Loud and flashy athletes are everywhere, and national media loves devoting time to them. We had a guy here in Indianapolis until recently who wanted to […]
Tony La Russa’s DUI is forgivable, but his unbridled arrogance with police is a different matter
November 11, 2020
November 11, 2020
“Do you see my ring? I’m a Hall of Famer baseball person. I’m legit. I’m a Hall of Famer, brother. You’re trying to embarrass me.” Tony La Russa, February 24, 2020 Driving drunk is stupid and irresponsible, but big-timing a police officer is loathsome for a guy like Chicago White Sox manager Tony La Russa. The […]
Tony La Russa eager to re-litigate his 1986 departure from the Chicago #WhiteSox
October 15, 2020
October 15, 2020
No matter how successful we become, those moments of disappointment when we were unjustly spurned by an employer nest forever in our psyches. They might crush or motivate us, but they will always be there, and the opportunity to prove management wrong will remain difficult to resist. Such is the case with Hall of Fame manager Tony […]
Thom Brennaman suspended; screwed up in every way – from saying “f*g” on air to his self-serving apology
August 20, 2020
August 20, 2020
There is an old saying in broadcasting – “Treat every microphone like a live microphone!” Managers remind hosts of that multiple times everyday, and anyone who gets paid to speak into a microphone repeats it often. Cincinnati Reds play-by-play voice Thom Brennaman forgot that basic rule last night. About some city, Brennaman said, “one of the f*g […]
Joe Kelly lays out the truth against the Astros in podcast
August 13, 2020
August 13, 2020
Dodgers pitcher Joe Kelly is now my favorite baseball player – ever. It’s not because he threw at members of the Houston Astros as retaliation for cheating the game during the 2017 season – a year they won the World Series – but because he laid out the reasons for his actions so strongly while […]
Time for fans to refuse to be ignored – and boycott Major League Baseball
June 17, 2020
June 17, 2020
It’s time to take back our game. Baseball has dicked around long enough with our hearts. When baseball resumes, keep your money in your pockets. Hold baseball owners and players accountable for their indifference to you by refusing to line their pockets with your cash. For the history of our national pastime, owners have assumed […]
Love the Cubs but loathe the Ricketts as owners – The Cubby Bear is a perfect compromise
June 15, 2020
June 15, 2020
Billionaires care most about money. That’s why they are billionaires. Major League Baseball franchise owners are billionaires, so why does it surprise anyone that they are united it their refusal to pony up $20 million each to get players back on the field? The discord between owners and the players union is easy to explain. […]