Take Me Out to the Ballgame
It’s been a while since I did a sports post, but man, am I excited for Opening Day! I think we can all agree it’s been a long, cruel winter, and for me it felt that much longer thanks to the dead time...
View ArticleBiking, blogging, referencing, Googling
I don’t believe I’ve written before about my biking to work; odd, since a lot of my blog posts find their genesis on the ride down to the office when the traffic’s not too heavy. But this time the bike...
View ArticleA Big Blue Valentine
Happy Valentine’s Day! As Jim and Lauren nicely covered the romantic/literary side of the holiday, I thought I’d talk about another type of affection—namely, the love a man feels for his hometown...
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Good sports
My life these days revolves around two things: work and baseball. You guys know all about the work part but I bet you had no idea that when I’m not in the office baseball consumes every other aspect...
View ArticleWorld Cup World Cup World Cup
If you don’t have World Cup fever, you might want to look away from this post. (You might also want to reconsider, because not having World Cup fever is just wrong.) I probably already love soccer...
View ArticleStorybook endings
Last Thursday night, in the last home game of his 20-year career as the New York Yankees shortstop, Derek Jeter hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the 9th inning. A storybook ending. Now I’m not...
View ArticleGonzo innovation
Anyone else out there excited for football this Sunday? Sure, I wish the Giants were playing, but we all knew that wasn’t going to happen this year. However, I’m pleased to have legitimate rooting...
View ArticleA call for more sports literature
As some of you may know, I’m a little into sports, and as a fan of the Mets, Nets, and Jets, things are looking surprisingly good. The New York Mets own the best record in baseball, at least for now...
View ArticleIt ain’t over till it’s over
As the press has noted, with the passing of Yogi Berra, we’ve lost not only a baseball legend, but a legendary quipster, whose wit and wisdom (real or attributed) applies to so much beyond baseball....
View ArticleRunning and writing
When my father first moved to New York City in the late 1960s, he got into the jogging trend that had just started sweeping the nation. And ever since, nary a week goes by where he doesn’t go out once...
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