Philadelphia
How about them Phillies? Sorry. This isn’t about baseball. (Though I’m dying to do that!) Philadelphia is the Greek word for brotherly love or mutual affection. It’s what we add to godliness, according...
View ArticleUnashamedly… a baseball fan
The fresh cut grass. The blinding sun. The smell of leather. The crack of a bat. Spring training is here and life is good.
View ArticleThe Beauty of the Game
I am a baseball fan at the core. I love sports in general, and it is NOT that I hate football. I LOVE football. I got to watch the Gophers beat Iowa yesterday and it was glorious! But I truly love the...
View ArticleMy Favorite Thought on the Upcoming Super Bowl
Now that we will have that out of the way, it will then only be two weeks to spring training!
View ArticleReason Number 632 Why Baseball is Better Than Football (or anything else)
“Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona. Not all holes, or games, are created equal.” (George Will) Spring training beckons!
View ArticleReason Number 563 Why Baseball is Better
Because you can have a body that looks like THIS: And you can still play the game!
View ArticleSuper 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!!!!
View ArticleLove 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...
View ArticleMy 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....
View Article42 — 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...
View ArticleA 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.
View ArticleTalking 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,...
View ArticleBaseball 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...
View ArticleThank 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...
View ArticleIt’s Game Seven
No matter what happens tonight, it’s been a great series against a great team… and one incredible year for this Royals fan. THANK YOU KC!
View ArticleDear Royals… America liked you better as a doormat
Dear Royals, I usually write my annual letter of disappointment to you early in Spring Training. I was so thankful to not have to write that this year because you took the season to the last possible...
View Article30 year wait is over
A moment to relish. A 30 year wait is over. Kansas City Royals win the World Series. THANK YOU ROYALS!
View ArticleWorld Series Champs
Yes. I will be obnoxious about postings. It only happens every 30 years.
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