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…
Every time some lost soul with writhing snakes in his head does something wretched with a gun, as happened in Uvalde, we’re immediately buried in loud, public non-sequiturs: howls to DO SOMETHING! Even though the somethings called for have no…
Not that long ago things were looking up in America. The economy — relieved of heavy taxes and regulation placed on it by eight years of Obama — was growing apace. Americans of all stations and all complexions were returning…
On May 6, 2021, Willie Mays celebrated his 90th birthday. He is a baseball legend — and arguably the greatest player in the game’s history. He had a lifetime batting average of .302, hit 660 home runs, had 3,283 hits,…
In a baseball game last week in St. Louis, Cardinals manager Mike Shildt brought in relief pitcher Génesis Cabrera in the sixth inning. Cabrera’s first pitch hit Phillie Bryce Harper in the face. New batter Didi Gregorius stepped into the…
The Job Creators Network, a group led by minority businessman Alfredo Ortiz, held a rally this week in front of Major League Baseball headquarters demanding a meeting with MLB commissioner Rob Manfred. The group is launching an ad campaign asserting…
Washington I spent late Saturday afternoon in what has become for me a rite of spring. I watched the Kentucky Derby. I am no aficionado of horse racing and will not betray my ignorance of the sport’s desiderata in this…
Georgia’s Election Integrity Act of 2021 does not read as though written by Lester Maddox, Alexander Stephens, Herman Talmadge, or any other past member of the Georgia Democratic Party. “The drop box location shall have adequate lighting and be under…
Over at the Wall Street Journal, Daniel Henninger, the deputy editorial page director of the paper and a great columnist, has raised what is an increasingly-made point in conservative circles. It just may be time to boycott baseball. His headline: Yes,…
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