I have already written my other article about the NFL’s Washington football franchise. Here though we will give an honest appraisal of other professional sports teams in the NFL, MLB, NHL, NBA, and NCAA teams, taking into account that although we are in a very diverse country, our sports teams seem to predominately prefer to nearly exclusively use Indigenous Americans as mascots for […]
MLB Chicago Cubs are ROARING
While I have marveled at additions by the, MLB’s, Toronto Blue Jays and New York Mets, I must credit the Chicago Cubs organization for the “less is more” approach, by their top executive, Theo Epstein. In other words they didn’t give up future talent to grab a veteran and take on salary. The Cubs have stuck with the calm […]
MLB Pennant Race report
(Top image is courtesy of Anthony Gruppuso-USA Today Sports ) I know there is a lot of baseball to still be played, but let’s not kid ourselves, in the American League, there are very few contenders left. Some years a bunch of teams are still in it, but this year it feels like the standings could likely […]
MLB Preview Revisited
(Image coutesy of Jasen Vinlove-USA TODAY Sports) Here we are at the All Star Break, so this seems like a good time to take a look around the Majors to see who is doing better than expected, worse than expected and as expected. Before the season started, I wrote a series of in depth articles on […]
Sports Thoughts 6-5-15
(Featured image courtesy of Reuters) A whole lot happening in the sport’s world and that makes people like us happy. ************************************************************************** WOMEN’S WORLD CUP SOCCER 2015 The last few times our ladies (Team USA) have fallen short, but something tells me this time, we won’t let the cup slip away. This time, Alex Morgan, Sydney Leroux, […]
MLB Winners and Awards Predictions
(Top Photo is courtesy of Joe Camporeale-USA Today Sports) Happy Easter! Happy Passover! Happy one week away from Game of Thrones premier! And, of course, Happy Opening Day for us baseball lovers. Sure, not all of our teams are taking the field tonight, but when Jon Lester throws out the first pitch tonight, “wait ‘till next […]
MLB Tipping the Cap for Mr. Cub
Ernie Banks I believe you were one of the greatest treasures to ever play on the baseball diamond. Of course it is well known the incredible offensive numbers you displayed. You played pretty good defense too. The brightness you brought to a clubhouse could never be measured by a statistic. Had the post-season qualifications been […]