One more case of “Only in America”, this time in regards to Ted Williams, the last man to ever hit .400 in a baseball season. His family can’t decide if Ted wanted to be frozen or cremated, so they are in a legal catfight over the issue. Read about it on MSNBC.com Me, I never…
Category: Sports
Give Bikes Room
Houston is a terrible place to ride a bike. Air quality is terrible. Drivers are boors. And the bike lanes are a joke. Read Thom Marshall’s July 5th column in the Houston Chronicle. It should embarass the mayor and county officials that with so much new construction going on that very little is being done…
Boorish Baseball Fans
A father and son brust onto the field in Chicago – of course – and attacked the opposing team’s first base coach yesterday. Read about these lout’s actions on Yahoo.com Nice going, losers. Thanks to jerks like these, it won’t be long before fans are caged in, safely away from the playing field. It’s for…
Student Athlete Deaths
Two high school athletes died suddenly yesterday. By all accounts, the boys were exemplary young men. Read the story in the Houston Chronicle. Surprising deaths are a phenomenon that seems to be on the rise in the US. Are we pressing kids to be too good, too fast? In these recent cases, preliminary evidence indicates…
Baseball Strike: I Dare Them!
Baseball players and management are talking strike again. I hope they do strike. That way I can wash my hands completely of the sport. Who do these pampered brats think they are? I’ve barely watched a game since their petulance cancelled the World Series some years back. The World Series, for Pete’s sake. That’s equivalent…