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Another reason I don’t listen to sports talk radio
In this corner, Phil Mushnick; in this corner, Mike Francesa…
Detroit rabbi: Ernie Harwell a real mensch
Detroit rabbi pays tribute to a local broadcasting legend.
Rays of sunshine for Tampa Bay fans
Landsman in the front office spell success for Tampa Bay Rays.
Bad idea of the day
The Soapbox: Just say “no” to more baseball playoffs
Caeser’s wife
This one is a toughie.
Omar Minaya took time out in yesterday’s press conference announcing the firing of Tony Bernazard to point an accusing finger at NY Daily News sportswriter Adam Rubin. Aaccording to Minaya, Rubin had perhaps politicked (my phrase) for a player development job some time back and was therefore somewhat predisposed to be [...]
Another dumb thing some sports exec said
This time, it’s Bernie Eccelstone, the 78-year-old chief executive of Formula One Management:
In a lot of ways, terrible to say this I suppose, but apart from the fact that Hitler got taken away and persuaded to do things that I have no idea whether he wanted to do or not, he was in the way [...]
This just in: The Fehr is gone
Well, on his way out, at least, as head of the Major League Baseball Players Association, according to a report from the Associated Press.
“Fehr, who turns 61 next month, said Monday he will retire no later than the end of March.”
Fehr did a lot of good in his day, but he also built the union [...]
Nationals’ kosher policy hard to stomach?
The old baseball Senators had a long-standing tradition. “Washington,” the wise guy sports pundits would say, “first in war, first in peace, last in the American League.”
Seems the NL Nationals — formerly known as the Montreal Expos — are working hard to keep that reputation alive.
Add to their dismal record – currently the worst in [...]
Enter pressbox, fingers crossed
I hope this article from The Wall Street Journal isn’t too prophetic as it warns of newspapers’ shrinking presence in the press box.
A few years back, I worked as a part-time reporter for STATS at Mets and Yankees home games. It was a kick, having my own seat in the box, chatting with “real” members [...]
Lest we forget: Arthur Richman
The long-time baseball writer and executive died today at the age of 83. After spending 25 years with the Mets as promotions director, traveling secretary, public relations director, and special assistant to the general manager, Richman joined the Yankees in May, 1989 as senior VP. He had a hand in the hiring of Joe Torre [...]
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