How Baseball Inspired Me Today
September 11, 2016 An excruciating short-term decision to protect a long-term goal. LA Dodgers manager, Dave Roberts, made the decision to take starting pitcher Rich Hill out of last night’s game...
View ArticleHow Baseball Inspired Me Today: Good-Bye, Jose. I Miss You Already.
September 26, 2016 My nephew, Casey, called me at 9:20 yesterday morning to tell me that Jose Fernandez had died in a boating accident. It was probably the nicest thing anyone could have done for me...
View ArticleHow Baseball Inspired Me Today: Final #JoseDay
September 27, 2016 I went into last night’s Marlins-Mets game knowing it was going to feel like a funeral. It was both better and worse than that, and I don’t think I can really put it into words, at...
View ArticleHow Baseball Inspired Me Today: More Jose Magic
September 28, 2016 I wasn’t going to post about Jose Fernandez again today. But seriously, this game. This one’s not only about Jose. It’s about St. Louis Cardinals shortstop, Aledmys Diaz, who last...
View ArticleAn Open Letter To Robert Manfred, Commissioner of Major League Baseball
February 14, 2017 Dear Mr. Manfred: I am writing to urge you to oppose any effort by the group including Joshua Kushner to purchase the Miami Marlins. Respectfully, sir, we Marlins fans have had...
View ArticleTGBB! Thank God Baseball’s Back! Spring Training 2017
March 5, 2017 When you get taken out to the ballgame, and seriously don’t care if you ever get back. AND Ichiro signs a ball for Jack! #SpringTraining #Thankgodbaseballsback #GoMarlins #Missyou16
View ArticleBaseball’s Back! 2017
April 3, 2017 How I made it through the past four months without baseball I’ll never know. #PlayBall #RESISTwithPeanutsandCrackerJacks #AmericasPastime #LetsGoMarlins
View ArticleHow Baseball Inspired Me Today: Jackie Robinson Day April 15, 2017
April 15, 2017 #42 Courage. More than ever.
View ArticleHow Baseball Inspired Me Today: EdinsonVolquez No-Hitter
June 3, 2017 The beleaguered, battered, run-by-a-greedy-bastard, Miami Marlins somehow never give up on themselves, each other, or the game. Tonight, pitcher Edinson Volquez, who lost his father during...
View ArticleHow Baseball Inspired Me Today: Loria Agrees to Sell Marlins To Jeter
August 11, 2017 Proof that there is a God, and that She loves me. I am crying, and can’t read any fine print. If there is any, please don’t tell me. (Other than I know it has to be finalized by MLB....
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