Category Archives: MLB

SNBS – Reich unhappy and brief; @Colts minus Leonard & Campbell; @Pacers win in India; Acuna needs to grow up
October 4, 2019

All-time great guy, ballplayer, and radio host Chris Duncan passes away
September 6, 2019

Chris Duncan died today. He was a St. Louis Cardinal, a radio host, a son, a husband, and a great guy. He was diagnosed seven years ago with the same brain cancer that claimed his mom. Not many fight it as long or as well as Dunc did. At the time Dunc learned of the cancer, I […]

Only Ryan Phillips can speak eloquently about Hoosier Hysteria AND Hall of Fame enshrinement of Trevor Hoffman
July 31, 2018

Not sure Dale Murphy belongs in Baseball Hall of Fame, but why the hell not? Shimbo makes his case
July 30, 2018

Baseball is attacking pace of play on all the wrong fronts
February 9, 2017

Putting MLB rules czar Joe Torre in charge of enhancing baseball fans’ experience watching the game is like putting a plumber in control of the design of a toilet seat. Only users need to be consulted when changes are made for the benefit of the users. Baseball is going to tinker at the low-minor league […]

Chicago Cubs fans – Let’s stay in this magnificent moment as long as we can
November 3, 2016

What do we do now? If the smiles ever fade, Cubs fans are going to have to figure out how to behave without endless references to 1908 and 1945 ringing in our heads. “Wait ’til next year” is gone – replaced by “This year was was everything I dreamed!” When Kris Bryant made the throw to […]

Game Seven – For Cubs fans, this is the longest day – to be followed by the longest night
November 2, 2016

The dream ends tonight. One way or another, the Cubs run to whatever this will be is going to be over in roughly 12 hours. Then what? What will we obsess about? What memories that have been so fresh over the last month will recess again into our deep subconscious? What excuses will we find […]

Pitching matchup for tonight’s Game Three at Wrigley gives Cubs serious advantage
October 28, 2016

Let’s overlook all the “first time since 1945” crap. Been there, done that. Not relevant to the proceedings tonight. Game three will be decided on the field, not in the hearts of Cubs or Indians fans. No positional matchup will compare in importance to that of the starting pitchers. Kyle Hendricks will deal for the […]

Top nine reasons ESPN fired Curt Schilling
April 21, 2016

Baseball analyst Curt Schilling was fired by ESPN yesterday. It wasn’t for his political beliefs, but because he so loudly and compellingly proclaimed them. People will say that ESPN pulled the trigger because they are liberals enforcing an agenda against Schilling’s conservative beliefs. It wasn’t. The reasons for firing Schilling were entirely pragmatic. You might […]

Indy’s Morning Sports List – Top 10 necessary corrections of racism in sports
January 18, 2016

I’m a white guy from one of the whitest areas on the planet. The village of 5,000 where I grew up north of Chicago boasted exactly zero blacks. None. To say I am not an expert in the area of the challenges blacks face in succeeding in this country is a grotesque understatement. But I try […]