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Teenage Girl Whiffs Ruth, Gehrig, Fact Or Fiction? By Joe Guzzardi More than 80 years ago, 17-year-old lefty sidewinder and distaff Jackie Mitchell struck out on seven pitches baseball’s powerful sluggers, the New York Yankees’ Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig. Historians rank Ruth and Gehrig as baseball’s most fearsome back-to-back slugging tandem. On April 2, … Continue reading “Teenage Girl Whiffs Ruth, Gehrig, Fact Or Fiction?”
Chipping Away At Freedom By Bob Small If you have to carry a card in your pocket (or pass on your phone) proving you injected a drug into your body to gain access to grocery stores, receive medical care or to freely move about society than you no longer live in a free country and … Continue reading “Chipping Away At Freedom”
The Pineapple World Series By Joe Guzzardi During World War II, after the death and destruction from the December 7 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the highest-level baseball was played on Hawaii, and reached its apex during the 1944 Army-Navy Pineapple World Series. To provide as much entertainment as possible and to boost morale for … Continue reading “The Pineapple World Series”
Overkill Predicted For Baseball By Joe Guzzardi Major League Baseball’s odyssey toward the World Series began with two wild card games; the Boston Red Sox versus the New York Yankees, and the Los Angeles Dodgers against the St. Louis Cardinals. Luckily for MLB, the two games featured four of baseball’s historic and most revered teams. … Continue reading “Overkill Predicted For Baseball”
The Woke and Bob Feller In Cleveland By Joe Guzzardi Last week, the perpetually offended scored another big win. The venerable Cleveland Indians announced that next year their nickname will be the “Guardians,” a reference to two large landmark stone edifices near Progressive Field. For the woke, the triumph isn’t quite on the scale of … Continue reading “The Woke and Bob Feller In Cleveland”
Donald Trump Affected Many And Is Missed By Olivia Braccio Like all the best things in life, Donald Trump’s presidency was over too quickly. If there’s one thing I regret about his reelection campaign, it’s that I didn’t take more pictures. I mean, I took a ton of pictures—it’s what I do. But I wish I’d gotten more candid shots … Continue reading “Donald Trump Affected Many And Is Missed”
Rose Bowl Memory From 1955 By Joe Guzzardi As a kid growing up in post-World War II Los Angeles, the Rose Bowl was the year’s single most anticipated event. In sports, the Dodgers were still in Brooklyn; the Lakers in Minneapolis; and the Rams had only recently relocated from Cleveland. The thought that professional ice … Continue reading “Rose Bowl Memory From 1955”
By Chris Freind Dear Little League International: Welcome to the party! By stripping Chicago’s Jackie Robinson West team of its title, you confirmed the sad but obvious fact that cheating is everywhere, including Little League baseball. Many successful teams have come under fire by coaches and parents, usually in private, for allegedly breaking the … Continue reading “Corruption Everywhere Says Freind”
By Chris Freind It’s time again to reflect on those who made life more interesting over the past year through their incomprehensible actions. In other words, the biggest boneheads of 2014: –Soon to be Ex-Gov. Tom Corbett: Amount of money wasted trying to (futilely) win re-election after four years of incompetence, inaction, gaffes, and most … Continue reading “Boneheads Of Year 2014”
A possible symbol for the Washington Fighting Honkies The pompous, self-righteous types among the sports media are still on their crusade to change the name of the Washington Redskins to something else. Hey gang, did you ever think that there might be other issues of far more immediate import to the defense of human dignity? … Continue reading “Washington Fighting Honkies”