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, […]
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, […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]