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Thank you, Royals!
Just about every Spring Training I write my annual love letter to the Royals. Every year comes with that tinge of expectation… not of victory but of bringing me to the very edge of hope and then dropping me off a cliff. This year I didn’t write the letter. Hopes were too high. They had all the pieces in place.…
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Baseball in Cricket Territory
I now know why my friend Mark Stevens has given up Facebook for “Lent.” No spiritual reason. He is studying up on the greatest game ever… BASEBALL, because the Dodgers and Diamondbacks were playing in Australia to open up the MLB season. He has finally come to the light… and we rejoice!
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Talking baseball
It may come as a shock, but I LOVE baseball. I watch the Ken Burn series every spring. So I will say something probably only shocking to me. Its time to let Pete Rose into the Hall of Fame. And soon, we need to give it up for Mark McGuire and Barry Bonds.
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A Pep Talk for my Royals
Since my Royals can’t get above .500, I think they have a mental block. So, I’m doing my part to help them out.
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42 — Incredible Movie, Baseball Fan or Not
My wife and I were able to see a screening of “42,” a movie about Jackie Robinson breaking into the major leagues in 1947. Being a huge fan of baseball, and watching Ken Burns’ “Baseball” series from PBS every year, and having read somewhat extensively on Jackie Robinson, this movies still had some nice surprises for me. One thing I…
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My Annual Love Letter to the Royals
Hi, It’s me again. I’m a little late from last year. I’ve been busy, but I know you’ll say that’s no excuse. Well, here we are on the verge of another season. Your spring training has been phenomenal. And let me say, contrary to actual sportswriters who actually get paid to have an opinion, I think the winter transactions were fantastic. This…
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Love Letter to My Royals
To My Beloved Royals, I grew up with you. My first ever baseball game was to see Dennis Leonard lose to the brand new Seattle Mariners. The first four games I ever went to featured Dennis Leonard. He was 0-4. I thought he had to be your worst pitcher. Turns out, he was the “ace” of the staff. But I…
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Super Bowl… FINALLY!
I pause here to give thanks that the Super Bowl is FINALLY getting played… so we can at last get on to BASEBALL!!!!
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Reason Number 563 Why Baseball is Better
Because you can have a body that looks like THIS: And you can still play the game!
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