I realized that maxim holds true long ago when I was trying to get this bitch up and running. I was going through the motions of visiting other peoples’ blogs and leaving polite, insincere comments to drive traffic to this blog. That method didn’t last long because I quickly realized that the internet holds far […]

Congratulations to Mark Buehrle for pitching a no-hitter against the Texas Rangers tonight at U.S. Cellular Field!
Box Score

It was easily the best night of White Sox baseball since they won the World Series in 2005.

For me, this is the most hilarious sports curse ever. We’ve all heard about the curse of the Bambino (Boston Red Sox, broken in 2004) and the curse of the Billy Goat (Chicago Cubs, still stands) but few have heard about the Hanshin Tigers and the Curse of the Colonel.

In 1985 the Hanshin Tigers faced […]

Of course I’m not talking about my own failure because I’m infallible and I never fail at anything. Today I’m aiming at the failure of others, namely the vast crowd of teachers and coaches I’ve had to endure over the years.
In the 80’s I played baseball through the local park district. You probably know the […]

Chicago Cubs Relief Pitcher Ryan Dempster is training to be a ninja.
You have to (learn) how to throw a throwing star and nunchucks and all those kinds of things,” the Chicago Cubs closer says. “Obviously you’ve got to do martial arts and learn how to be really quiet, which is a tough task for me […]

I started this article with the intention of doing a flip-flop. Everyone knows that Bonds only needs something like 22 home runs to break Hank Aaron’s record for home runs in a career. There are an awful lot of people who don’t want him to own that record due to his alleged use of performance […]