Posted in sports on Jul 24th, 2007
Several groups and people need to make some smart public relations moves. Here are my suggestions:
National Basketball Association — What are the odds that referee who bet on games gets whacked by some underworld hoodlums? The NBA, once this situation settles down, needs to make a donation to a gamblers’ anonymous organization and then air some public [...]
Posted in sports on Jul 10th, 2007
I sure hope Kansas City pitcher Gil Meche receives another All-Star Game selection during his career. I imagine St. Louis first baseman Albert Pujols will. Neither Meche nor Pujols played in Tuesday’s All-Star Game in San Francisco, which means no Royal or Cardinal player will appear in the box score. We’ve got [...]
Posted in sports on Jun 30th, 2007
Many Kansas City Royals’ fans may trace their hatred of the New York Yankees back to the night Chris Chambliss smacked a home run off Mark Littell to end the Royals’ run in the 1976 American League playoffs. Remember those Yankees’ fans spilling out of the right field bleachers like rats on a sinking [...]
Posted in sports on Jun 22nd, 2007
Can I get a “Hey, bladder, bladder, bladder”?
Thousands of Milwaukee Brewers’ fans plan to pee their pants if the Brewers make the National League playoffs. It may take the St. Louis Cardinals to put everything on hold.
Check out http://www.peeyourpantsforthebrewers.com for all the information.
The Brewers last made the playoffs in 1982, or three [...]
Posted in sports on Jun 20th, 2007
You may have read Sam Mellinger’s story in Wednesday’s Kansas City Star about the St. Louis Cardinals having a much larger fan base than the Kansas City Royals throughout much of the state of Missouri. It was the story with the cool drawing of a flock of Cardinals attacking Slugger-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r-r.
Here are my opinions [...]
Posted in sports on Jun 19th, 2007
The 2-11 record of St. Louis pitcher Kip Wells brings to mind a tragic figure in Cardinals’ history. Arthur Lawrence “Bugs” Raymond won 15 games and lost 25 in 1908. His mound misery may be related to a quote from Rube Marquard that’s found in the Baseball Almanac.
“What a terrific spitball pitcher he [...]
Posted in sports on Jun 18th, 2007
No one is making fun of vaudevillian misplays from the Kansas City Royals anymore. ESPN SportsCenter announcers will need to look elsewhere to obtain material for their smirky little quips. The Royals made all the crucial defensive plays in a 5-3 victory at St. Louis on Monday night.
Third baseman Alex Gordon had [...]
Posted in sports on Jun 16th, 2007
Remember Johnny Damon and Jermaine Dye? Didn’t you just love those guys? The Kansas City Royals baseball organization wanted you to, until they traded them to other major league clubs willing to pay the two outfielders their fair market values. Damon played for the 2004 World Series champion Boston Red Sox, and Dye was the [...]