Back in April I was watching a Yankees/Red Sox game on ESPN and got a chuckle out of the guy in the video above who had nodded off in the early innings. The sportscasters – Dan Shulman and John Kruk – were teasing him, and why not? It was sort of funny. But apparently the…
Intolerance: Fan Upset At Cross Drawn On Mound To Honor Deceased Baseball Player
St. Louis Cardinals great Stan Musial died earlier this year, and during this baseball season a groundskeeper at Busch Stadium has been drawing a cross and the number 6 (Musial’s number) in rememberance on the pitcher’s mound. But it wasn’t until just recently that a fan noticed, and he’s gone to the media with his…
Movie Review: How Capitalism Ended Racial Segregation In Baseball
Last night my wife and I went to see 42, the Jackie Robinson story. It was an enjoyable enough movie (as they said in Moneyball , it’s hard not to be romantic about baseball), though the story was more fairy tale than reality. But what do you expect when a movie about real people doing…
Man Arrested For Mass Stabbing At Texas College
So, time for knife control right? CYPRESS, Texas (TheBlaze/AP) — A sheriff’s official says one person has been arrested in a suspected stabbing attack at a Houston-area community college campus. Alan Bernstein of the Harris County Sheriff’s Office doesn’t know how many people were hurt in the Tuesday attack on the Lone Star community college…
When You Tax Rich People You Get Fewer Of Them
Professional golfer Phil Mickelson is talking about making some drastic changes in his life thanks to both to federal tax hikes and tax increases in his home state of California: The 42-year-old golfer said he would talk in more detail about his plans – possibly moving away from California or even retiring from golf –…
Baseball Hall Of Fame Voters Decline To Induct Players Linked To Steroids This Year
I don’t normally post about baseball, even though I’m about as obsessive about it as I am politics, but I thought news today that the Baseball Hall of Fame voters are declining to induct players linked to steroids into Cooperstown was worth a post. Three of the players on the ballot – Roger Clemens, Barry…