are the in-laws coming to town? is that good or bad?
September 5, 2012 — Every so often, an analogy occurs to me that I love. Today, with the Dallas Cowboys playing the New York Giants in the NFL season opener, […]
Category Archives: baseball
that sinking feeling
Errors in baseball have to be the worst. I’m sure fumbling in football sucks. An own goal in soccer is humiliating and, considering the rarity of soccer goals, pretty horrible. […]
who would you rather (be)
Last night at the pub, I posed one of those questions which I like to pose at the pub. It’s probably one of the main reasons I like going to […]
from roughed up to perfection in three days
Yesterday I mentioned Yogi Berra’s memoir “You Can Observe a Lot by Watching,” and specifically how Yogi wrote at length about Don Larsen and his perfect game in the 1956 […]
there’s no i in team
August 13, 2013 — Somehow the three books I’ve been reading recently have coalesced to drive home one theme. Well, perhaps drive home is a bit of a reach. Maybe […]
true grit changes everything
August 2, 2012 — Today I know my team has heart. The Rangers have grit. In this case, heart and grit mean the same thing — firmness of character; unflinching […]
just keep watching, ’cause you never know
July 9, 2012 — Am I the type of person who gives up too easy? I was last night. I spent a quiet Sunday evening watching the Texas Rangers host […]
in your wheelhouse
June 30, 2012 — Speaking with a close friend on the phone on Thursday evening, I described my dad’s battle with lymphoma in terms of a baseball game where our […]
why we love josh hamilton (and secretly want tim tebow to fail)
It’s May 9, 2012. Last night Josh Hamilton hit four home runs in the Texas Rangers’ 10-3 victory over the Baltimore Orioles. Hamilton drove in eight of the Rangers’ 10 […]
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