Speaking of the Hall of Fame, one man who arguably should be there as he was the most significant man in baseball history in the latter half of the 20th Century, Marvin Miller, died this week at the age of 95. Miller was the head of the players union for over three decades and built […]

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I guess I feel like the Tea Baggers this week after Obama was re-elected. With two big upsets of Oregon and Kansas State, the most hated Notre Dame Fighting Irish are the number 1 team in the country on all posts and, most important, the DCS. All ND has to do is beat USC this […]

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Ever since Nebraska joined the Big Ten (and since Notre Dame entered the ACC in every sport except football), Big Ten Commissioner Jim Delany has said that he was happy with the size of the conference, but, once again, he was not being exactly truthful. Eying the lucrative New York and Washington D.C. markets for […]

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Just like the Presidential election from last week, there’s a lot of grumbling about the awarding of the American League Most Valuable Player yesterday to a member of a minority over a white guy. Detroit Tigers’ third baseman Miguel Cabrera won the award over promising rookie Mike Trout of the Anaheim Angels, and that is […]

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• I hope that everyone is happy that I didn’t jump on the Obama wins – I told you so bandwagon. There’s enough people and organizations making jokes and ridiculing Republicans without me. However, as I posted on Facebook last week, the country has serious problems and liberals don’t have the market cornered on ideas. […]

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Twice, the Florida Marlins hoisted the World Series trophy, then over the off season, traded their best players away and started all over again. Of course, the Marlins were a troubled franchise – bad ballpark, almost daily rain to keep people away; the team was a prime candidate for elimination if Major League Baseball ever […]

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Ordinarily at this time of year with baseball over, football on Thursday night through Monday evening, the temperatures falling, the leaves off the trees and more darkness than sunlight, nothing pleased me more than coming home and flipping through the NHL Centre Ice games to watch some hockey. Of course, I can’t do that since […]

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