The Sports Curmudgeon®

When I was a kid, I played Little League baseball. I wasn’t very good, but I played and I enjoyed playing it a lot. In no way do I think that Little League baseball is a bad thing; it is a good thing. Nevertheless, there is one aspect of Little League baseball that has gone [...]

I did not see all of the Olympics’ Opening Ceremonies by a long shot but I did see most of the introductory performances prior to the parade of nations. If you did not see this, find a video on the web or ask around among your friends to see who recorded it. It really is [...]

The Opening Ceremonies for the Olympics are tomorrow. The US women’s soccer team played its first game yesterday against Norway and lost 2-0. What part of “opening ceremonies” is so difficult to understand? Senator Sam Brownback of Kansas has gotten his knickers in a knot and claims to have “documented evidence” that the Chinese government [...]

I’m back from a quick visit to Seattle for a baseball weekend. The Mariners went 2-1 while I was in the stadium making my cumulative record for the past five years of these baseball treks 10-6 for the home team. If you look at the Mariners’ record over the past five years, they have not [...]