In the wake of Thursday’s controversy in Philadelphia — when groups of fans exchanged bitter words on the Phillies’ annual Gay Day — some Major League Baseball critics are questioning the baseball’s theme nights, which can be ticket booth bonanzas. During the August 18 Phillies game against NL East rivals the Washington Nationals, members of […]
Continue reading →Outside the Fox Theatre on Woodward Avenue in Detroit, a mother forlornly sits in a lawn chair, her face drawn and tired, her hair unkempt. Her name is Sharon Inge, and she has been sitting here for nine days straight without respite. All to save her son. “I will sit here until they agree to […]
Continue reading →One powerful man under constant scrutiny – President George Bush – has recently departed for his annual month-long vacation. Another powerful man dealing with his own set of problems – Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig – beat the President to the punch by approximately four months. A press release from the Commissioner’s Office notes […]
Continue reading →Barring delays, next week will find Mincer Poppadopolis ensconced in the Slushie Hut at the Harper Woods Little League complex just outside of Detroit, selling spectators a plethora of cool colored ices. He will also be leading spectators to their proper seats on the 5-tiered bleachers on each side of the diamond. He will also […]
Continue reading →Like Johnny Cash, Oriole pitcher Bruce Chen has been everywhere, man. Just looking at the major league teams that he’s pitched for – not the teams that acquired and dropped him, and not the many minor league stops he’s made along the way – the 28-year old probably has enough Frequent Flier Miles collected […]
Continue reading →The day was April 16th. The Devil Rays were off to another lackluster start, and had just endured a humiliating defeat at the hands of the Red Sox – David Wells pitched a complete game shutout, while D-Ray starter Hideo Nomo didn’t last more than two innings, allowing eight earned runs in the 10-0 throttling. […]
Continue reading →As the crisp breeze rolled in from the Pacific like a poisoned quail, the man grunted laboriously as his foot slapped down on the concrete, the echo sounding like the call of the aluminum bats they use to wallop ground-rule doubles at college campuses not far from where this ordinary man stands, his ordinary jaw […]
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