Professional baseball players, managers, and coaches love to use the word “surreal.” In the understatement of the century, after the final game of the World Series the Dodger manager Dave Roberts said, […]
The surreal 2020 World Series
Election 2020: Relax, really …
Calm down. We are approaching an historic presidential election. No, that’s not right. We are already in the midst of an historic presidential election, and have been for weeks. At last count […]
Droids dream of electric Series?
The Dodgers are in the World Series for the third time in four years, and it’s starting to look like that’s as sure a sign of fall in Los Angeles as the […]
Could it be a movable festival?
No one knows how long the coronavirus pandemic will last. Public health officials are predicting the availability of a vaccine for the general population by late March 2021. The element of uncertainty […]
Dodgers-Rays: More history ahead
As much as the 2020 baseball season was the most unique ever, so might the 2020 World Series be one for the ages. The coronavirus has turned everything upside down, but the […]
The Yips beat Jose and Astros
As has been previously noted, the distribution of divine justice by the Baseball Gods can be a seemingly random affair. But sometimes they will apply it with a telling vengeance. Such was […]
It’s time to “rock” the vote
I have been a registered voter for over 30 years and every election year, I am proud to vote for the candidate of my choice. However, this election year is unlike anything […]
The holi-daze of the pandemic
Merry New Year! Happy Christmas! Election’s Greetings! Feliz Ramadan! Snappy Hanukah! This has been such a miserable year that you can’t blame me for hastening the advent of holidays. With coronavirus, firestorms, […]
Now, it’s 17 titles and counting …
New York Yankees. Green Bay Packers. Los Angeles Lakers. When you think of major sports dynasties, these teams come to mind. Sure, the New England Patriots, Boston Celtics and a few other […]
Myth-making: a national pastime
Major League Baseball has always traded heavily in its history and nostalgia. The tendency to romanticize and sentimentalize the past has been a characteristic of a lot of baseball fans, and MLB […]
