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Posted in General on Sep 23rd, 2016
Story by Jayson Stark at ESPN: The Man. The Voice. The Stories. One man, no added interviews in the middle of the game, no mindless giggling with a colleague no one had ever heard of before either, no insane irrelevancies pulled off the internet to help him fill the time, just Vin Scully. There were […]
Posted in General on Sep 13th, 2016
It’s time again for the Fall Classic, folks. No, the World Series will have to wait a couple of months, I refer to my annual pre-World Series baseball column. I bring to this effort a lifetime of experience going back to the school playground at Maple Grove Elementary where my baseball career started. I was […]
Posted in General on Aug 16th, 2016
Ichiro 4278, Pete Rose 4256, Ty Cobb 4191 Those are the all-time numbers of base hits for three of the very greatest baseball players to ever live. Last night Ichiro – like Tiger, the Babe, and The Rocket, that’s all the identification he needs – tripled off the right field fence for his 3000th US […]
Posted in General on May 27th, 2016
Play ball! It’s time for my annual baseball pitching and prediction column. I’m a bit late this year because I got off to a late start. I’m not quite sure why that happened. I think it had something to do with the early games being the same old same old as the year before. Newcomers […]
Posted in General on Apr 15th, 2016
I ask, nay beg all sports announcers to catch one of Scully’s games before he goes and see how it’s done – anecdotes of considerable interest, not mindless statistics; the ability at 88 to carry the ballgame himself, and real knowledge, not notes passed by a kid with a laptop. I, a devoted baseball fan […]
Posted in General on Nov 1st, 2015
Last night’s World Series game was really a lot of fun to watch and once again showed that baseball is a great game, I believe the greatest, because it is an anticipation sport. When the Mets were clinging to their one run lead, was anybody about to leave the park or change channels? Not a […]
Posted in General on Oct 29th, 2015
I must tell you, my friends, that I am starting to worry although I am not quite panicking. The problem, you see, is that the World Series is in danger of ending too quickly. I love Series time but it’s rather like fall because the trouble with fall is that winter is right behind. Similarly, […]
Dear Baseball fans who support the Blue Jays. I offer the same condolences you would offer me as a Dodger fan and offer you our time honoured war cry, “wait’ll next year”! The Jays had a very good year with a talented and exciting team. They have much to be proud of and nothing to […]
Posted in General on Oct 17th, 2015
Having become sick to death of the election, my thoughts turned to baseball. First off, let me say that the Blue Jays obviously have not only a good team on paper but a good one in the clubhouse and that’s extremely important. They have a great spirit, although it’ll be interesting to see how that […]
Posted in General on Oct 3rd, 2015
No, I am not supporting the Toronto Blue Jays notwithstanding the fact that the CBC and the Vancouver Sun tell me I should. Perhaps it’s that, in part, that keeps me from supporting them. Being a sports fan of a particular team is utterly irrational. When I was a child I became a Habs fan […]
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