Jackie

 
Many of you have been hearing quite a bit already about today being the anniversary of Jackie Robinson’s entrance into the league.  It’s certainly a special occasion that has special bearing on baseball, sports and American culture and history at large, so there are certainly plenty today that have tried to encapsulate the significance of Robinson [...]

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No “No Snitchin’”

Not too fond of the whole “Stop Snitchin’” concept?  I hope not.  Neither is the Inky’s Annette John-Hall, who details the growing local appearence of the campaign/death threat in her article, “Silence is the enemy of justice“.  A worthwhile read.

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Trivial Trivia (It’s Back!)

Golly, it’s been a while since I’ve done a Trivial Trivia or a Week in Review even.  Given that I am in Philadelphia and it is baseball season, this trivia section will revolve around identifying the former or current Phillies listed below.  There are still other unanswered questions as well that you can find in [...]

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Ode to Baseball

Some people tell me baseball’s a dull game, and for the life of me I’ll never understand why.  It’s one of those steadfast principles found in most of us; the devout cannot understand the faithless, the eager cannot endure the listless.  I hear things like “nothing happens” and “it’s too slow” and “the season’s too long” and walk away confounded.  As [...]

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Seeing is Believing – A Review of Jose Saramago’s “Blindness”

Blindness was one of those many books that I saw in the bookstore, was drawn by the author’s reputation, the story itself and probably the neat cover to boot, bought it, added it to my shelf of literature that has seen similar treatment and forgot about it for a year or two.  I do things [...]

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