Pete Rose to Be Pardoned by Baseball Soon?

Balls to the wall when Pete hit the field
I am an insatiable baseball fanatic. Long after the final pitch of the World Series, months before pitchers and catchers report for Spring Training in Arizona and Florida for Cactus and Grapefruit League games, I am thinking about the game, reading about [...]

Satchel Paige Could Wing That Ball

He never looked back
On this date in history – June 8 – stuff happened. Sorry to sound so unceremonious. However, for baseball fans, June 8 is a day to remember Leroy Robert “Satchel” Paige. The great pitcher died on June 8, 1982 in Kansas City, Missouri. He was 75 years [...]

Bam! John Madden Retires From Broadcasting

A sad week for sports fans
Earlier this week, Philadelphia sports legend Harry Kalas died of heart failure. Current and former players Nick Adenhart and Mark Fidrych also died. Minus the tragedy of death, another sports legend has moved on – John Madden has retired from National Football League broadcasting. There [...]

Curt Schilling Retires | An Outspoken Warrior (Pt. 2)

His opinions came like a high-inside fastball

Curt Schilling has retired from baseball. CLICK HERE if you missed part one of this tribute to the warrior and fair drubbing of Ken Davidoff for his off-base characterization of a free-thinking man who challenges Davidoff, New York and Newsday’s tender sensibilities. Seems like [...]

Curt Schilling Retires | Baseball Loses Free Thinker (Pt. 1)

For the love of the game

For sports fans, there is a currency of trust and admiration that we place in our favorite players. For the span of two to three hours, we make personal loans of our time and money in order to watch them perform. In return, they give [...]