May we dredge the barrel of such wretched hyperbole and mindless chatter that might still be left to dispense on the subject of the penultimate football game, Soupey XLV.
It was a borderline gem, just not quite all it might have been or as some... Read more
With the promise of a Soupey extravaganza of Babylonian proportions that only the city of Dallas and a playpen owned by Jerry Jones could justify, the fundamental football question has little to two do with which of the legendary titans contesting the... Read more
Resounding from Eastport to Block Island and across to the sleepy Berkshires was the low, guttural moan of Patriot Nation as the Jets and Steelers, Bears and Packers frolicked in the NFL semi-finals.
After all, the merry football band out of... Read more
The tub-thumping is in high gear. You have only just begun to be regaled by the triumph of “The Fighter,” a movie about Micky Ward, dauntless journeyman pug. Also featured are his thoroughly gonzo family, the battered nooks of the poor city of Lowell... Read more
The years rumble by. The games increase and multiply. Championships are remembered. Champions come and go. Only rarely does the light surpass the heat. Where will 2010 ranks in the sporting annals? It wasn’t the best of years. But it wasn’t the worst,... Read more
It’s not certain precisely when the various off-season summits that Baseball so greatly favors became epic carnivals of greed, lust, and envy. But one of the best early examples has to be the Hot Stove gatherings of 1947 which led to what were then... Read more
Notes from the back of a worn envelope and/or other such flotsam & jetsam:
Regarding the Red Sox latest thunderous coup, the acquisition of N.L slugger Adrian Gonzalez for a parcel of unproven kiddies who may or may not be heard from again.... Read more
There is sporting life after Baseball, although the annual re-affirmation of that essential truth generally obliges acute withdrawal pangs. Less so this year after a hardball season that can vaguely be characterized as “flat,” no matter how much Bud... Read more
There is sporting life after Baseball, although the annual re-affirmation of that essential truth generally obliges acute withdrawal pangs. Less so this year after a hardball season that can vaguely be characterized as “flat,” no matter how much... Read more
It’s about the New York Mets and the highly unsavory mess that is brewing in their nest. No one is sure of where it’s going, but the potential is colossal. That clear possibility hasn’t fully registered yet, hence the somewhat tame treatment of the... Read more
Imagine for a moment that it’s precisely a year ago and you are Brian Sabean, general manager of the San Francisco Giants. It’s that time of the year again when you assemble every last wretch on the staff who has so much as a clue -- coaches, scouts,... Read more
Here are more stray bits and pieces in search of a connection while pulling for some combination of weather and competition to push the World Series well into November. Which would mean all four professional seasons plus the college scams will be... Read more
Well, fans, we can be thankful that we won’t have the regular baseball season to kick around anymore. It’s over. Mercifully!
The 2010 edition, stretching from late March to early October, was weird from the get-go, unfulfilling throughout, and... Read more
Time to pass out baseball’s bon bons. As the regular season grinds to a close, the ballots for all the major distinctions are in the mitts of the baseball scribes. They have until the last out of the last game to cast them. Full of presumption, as... Read more
Stray thoughts and observations while awaiting the Hot Stove League Season which -- east of the Berkshires and north of the Thames -- ought to be rather torrid for the young man stuck in the kitchen, Theo Epstein. Where does he begin? That is the... Read more
