When I look up to the left field bleachers at Jacobs Field, I still see a baseball barely clearing the wall on a cold October night. And I still see Tony Pena–of all people–rounding first base with both arms raised.
The game was over. In their return to baseball’s postseason, the Indians won [...]
54 seconds remained on the clock. His team trailed by 6. Braylon Edwards had done this before.
He expected to make the play. Of course, the rookie did, catching Charlie Frye’s lob pass for the go-ahead touchdown.
“It was just like Michigan State,” proclaimed Edwards, referring to his role in Michigan’s triple overtime victory [...]
Wow. Poor Buddy Bell. His Kansas City Royals are bad. I mean really bad. Hopelessly bad. But consider their loss the Indians’ very fortunate gain.
C’mon Tribe fans, admit it. You looked at the score and let your inner skeptic take control. Some Wild Card race these Indians have [...]
Dan Marino didn’t win a Super Bowl. So what?
So the owner of 23 NFL records can’t be considered the greatest quarterback in NFL history?
Critics in need of a loophole have termed Marino the greatest “passer” of alltime. This is like calling Hemingway a great speller.
Marino was not just a great passer–he was the prototype. With [...]
Rafael Palmeiro wants the steroid scandal that has wrapped his impressive career in doubt to disappear. Something tells me Major League Baseball won’t let it.
In today’s New York Times, there is the revelation that Palmeiro tested positive for Stanozolol. For those of you not familiar with it, that is an anabolic steroid. [...]
I sat in a dugout next to Rafael Palmeiro, shortly before he slugged his 500th home run, marvelling at baseball’s quiet model for consistency.
I listened to Palmeiro–as the only believable member of a pumped-up panel of future Hall of Famers–testify before Congress that Jose Canseco is a liar. That Raffy had never touched steroids.
I sit [...]
