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Congratulations Barry Bonds

Look I’ve never been a Barry Bonds fan – even when he was a much skinnier Pittsburgh Pirate who’s contribution to his team was more about his speed than it was about his power so I have no interest in giving him his props on surpassing Hank Aaron’s Major League Baseball Home run record.
But last [...]

C’mon CAVS, gotta make it happen

Hey, I live in Cleveland. Before I turn off the Dell BigBox for the night and assume my position in front of the big screen…

Click the vinyl to hear that fabulous fight song from the CAVS’ golden years!
Now go out there and beat San Antonio!

Evan O’Dorney wins! Evan O’Dorney wins!

If you live in Cleveland or Detroit, there’s a pretty good chance you have no idea who the hell Evan O’Dorney is. If you live anywhere else in the country, you just might.
Last night while those of us in the Lake Erie region were watching Lebron James and his footmen beat the Pistons in [...]

Barry Goldwater the “liberal Republican”?

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about politics and political labels. Not so much about the parties, but more so about ideologies. What is a liberal? What is a conservative? What is a moderate? What is Left? What is Right? Along with these what questions of course come the [...]

Calling the REARvrENDs Jackson and Sharpton

News on the wires from SI.com about a story in today’s New York Times that white referees in the NBA call more (a greater frequency) fouls on black players than they do on white players.
This sounds like a case for the REARvrENDs Jesse and Al! Let’s fire NBA Commissioner David Stern! Think how [...]

It’s like deja vu

all over again.
Fearing more problems with the weather, the Cleveland Indians have moved their next series of home games against the Los Angeles Angels to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The three game series will being tomorrow and run through Thursday.
Ironically, it was old Milwaukee County stadium where the film Major League was filmed…

Review: Men at Work by George Will

I had planned a different review today, but in honor of the brilliant managing job Mike Hargrove did yesterday (he gamed last night’s snow storm to a T) in the Cleveland Indians’ home opener against Hargrove’s Seattle Mariners – I pulled this book off the shelf and reread it last night…
The book Men at Work [...]

Explanation for this weekend’s book review

I had originally intended to review Richard Brookhiser’s 2006 “What Would the Founder’s Do?”, but after watching the snow dump on Northeast Ohio last night and sitting through hours of delays trying to get through the Indians opener (which they never did complete), I found myself moved to talk about one of my favorite books [...]