Mets GM (former) Texts Like a Wacko

Late last night a story broke about New York Mets GM Jared Porter sending “explicit, unsolicited texts and images to a female reporter in 2016.” He has since been fired, hence the title. Everyone knows the kind of pics he was sending need to be solicited, not unsolicited. But I’m not here to talk about […]

Measuring a Sport’s Goodness

Last night, younger child and I were watching a little bit of the Michigan State-Duke basketball game. The roundball doesn’t make it on to our television that often, so he wasn’t super familiar with the score bug for a basketball game. “Dad, what are those circles by the team names?” “That shows how many timeouts […]

Who’s on first?

I played baseball at a pretty high level (one year Junior Legion). I even swung a wood bat once. So despite the fact that hockey rules the roost in these here parts, America’s Pastime will always have a soft spot in my heart. With that in mind and in honor of the Brewers shitpumping the […]

Back to School

After what felt like an eternity, the children returned to school today. We have completely new procedures to follow during these uncertain times, including large child and younger child having different actual school days. We’ll have a lot of challenges to navigate as we move forward, but luckily today they both had class in school […]

Game Recap – Athletics @ Giants

The Athletics faced off against the rival Giants today, and it was a game for the ages. Let’s break it down inning-by-inning. 1st Inning – The Athletics led off the game, but couldn’t get much started as the pitcher was just cooking. Three up. Three down. Thanks for coming. The Giants had a little more […]