Baseball, one of the most hide-bound of major sports – or should we say, horsehide-bound – is finally starting to change. As spring training camps open after an agreement was reached between […]
Baseball trots forward … slowly
“Build Back Better” vote soon?
The $1.85 trillion “Build Back Better” package proposed by President Joe Biden is edging toward passage tonight (Thursday) in the House of Representatives. According to multiple news agencies, including the Associated Press, […]
2021 AL MVP? Ohn-ly Ohtani
As the Major League Baseball season winds down and the playoff season looms ahead, much discussion turns to who will be the Most Valuable Player in each league. In the American League, […]
Despite loss, it was “giant” fun
It was a great weekend for sports fans in the Southern California area Even though the results were not as favorable as most would prefer, there was plenty of excitement with the […]
The setting was the big winner
The star of Saturday’s 2021 pre-season opener between the Rams and the Chargers was not a player – and certainly not the quality of play – but the setting itself. After years […]
New U.S. corona cases double
The coronavirus pandemic, which declined dramatically for months, is now making an apparent comeback across the United States. According to Johns Hopkins University, confirmed new infections were at around 23,600 per day […]
Who’s afraid of the SF Giants?
There’s an old superstition in big league baseball that goes like this: whichever teams are in first place on July 4 will win the pennant. Now, that “First on the Fourth” tradition […]
The could-be Great Race of 2021
The expansion of playoffs in nearly all pro sports has lessened the interest in what used to be called “pennant races,” but there’s still some excitement in the battle for first place. […]
Oh!-tani lighting up the MLB
He’s not only a top contender for Most Valuable Player in the American League, but also for Most Amazing Player. We’re talking about Shohei “Sho-time” Ohtani, the two-way star for the Angels. […]
Ohtani leads the Halos to win
Thanks to a late home run by Shohei Ohtani, the Angels snapped a four-game losing streak Sunday and defeated the Houston Astros 4-2 on the road. The Angels went ahead 2-0 with […]
