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Hit and Run
Hit and Run
by | Dec 21, 2023

San Francisco is undergoing out-of-control urban decay. Its reputation is taking a hit as violent crime, homelessness, and theft are making the Golden Gate City a place to avoid, with businesses and residents leading the exodus. It’s even impacted the…

by | Nov 4, 2023

The Talmud tells the story of Alexander the Great, who after conquering far-flung lands, was essentially the Emperor of the entire world. He instituted an interesting practice of spending some time in each country conducting a special court of justice…

by | Nov 2, 2023

Perhaps the gods of political incorrectness are exacting revenge upon Major League Baseball’s screwy wokesters. I recently wrote about the implosion of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Despite posting another 100-win season, the Dodgers pathetically failed to make it through the…

by | Oct 13, 2023

With the world on fire right now, with a tragic mess raging in the Middle East (which we’re covering in depth here at The American Spectator), I’m reluctant to chime in with some much-less-important baseball news, which is plainly superficial…

by | Mar 24, 2023

When I read that one Major League Baseball spring training game ended on a time clock violation, the Twilight Zone theme resonated — not to be confused with any twilight doubleheader. After all, doubleheaders have been deposited into the dustbin…

by | Jun 9, 2022

TAMPA, Fla. — Last week, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed $35 million the state legislature had approved in the latest state budget to help build a spring training facility for the Tampa Bay Rays. “I don’t support giving taxpayer dollars…

by | Oct 31, 2021

In our post-everything century in what remains of the increasingly mad Western World, how is a sane person to distinguish between straight news and satire? Or just lunatic raving? It’s not easy, and it can be very stressful to try….

by | Oct 27, 2021

The nattering nabobs no longer gripe much about teams named after American Indian symbols, like the Atlanta Braves baseball team. The Washington Redskins had to give up that name, which frankly was indefensible, after trying to defend it until they…

by | Oct 15, 2021

Growing up in New York City, I started playing sand-lot baseball in Central Park at age 9. I collected hundreds of baseball cards — that my mom threw away (ouch!) while I was in the Navy, serving in the Pacific….

by | Sep 30, 2021

Jerry Seinfeld has a well-known bit pointing out the somewhat ridiculous nature of our allegiances to sports teams. We basically root for a set of clothes, the New York Mets superfan observes. With free agency and budget-necessitated trades, the players…

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