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All-Star Adjustments

July 20, 2022

Baseball receives a ton of criticism for a variety of things.   From Rob Manfred’s thoughts on Minor League Baseball salaries to the dwindling numbers of African Americans in MLB those…


The Case for Super Conferences

July 13, 2022

Super Conferences are GOOD for college football fans.  Yeah, I said.  And it stings.  Why?  Well Trey Parker and Matt Stone of South Park fame will tell you it’s because…


Building Baseball Back Better  

June 29, 2022

Major League Baseball now has the world of sports to itself for at least the next 6 weeks.  There are few things that baseball definitively does better than any other…


College World Series Wanderlust

June 23, 2022

When traditions clash with cash flow and revenue older generations of fans hit the fight button on their fight or flight ejection panel while younger generations ask what’s in it…


Baseball’s Big Chance

June 16, 2022

Say It Ain’t So… The Orioles may bounce on Baltimore?  Chalk that one up to something I didn’t have on my franchise relocation Bingo card here in 2022.  One thing…


(SEC)ESSION

June 10, 2022

On Friday June 10th the BIG 12 announced that BYU, Houston, Cincinnati, and UCF will be joining their ranks in 2023 thus creating a path for Texas and Oklahoma to…


The Need for Number Two

April 5, 2022

Bill Self joined a very exclusive group when his Kansas Jayhawks erased a 16 point deficit to knock off North Carolina for its first title in 14 years.  Self added…


The End of Tanking

February 28, 2022

The NBA has the lottery.  Check that, they not only have the lottery but have had the lottery for almost 40 years.   The NFL, MLB and the NHL have all…


The Matt Stafford Method

February 19, 2022

After a decade in Detroit, Matt Stafford had finally had enough.  And you know what?  There was nothing wrong with that.  He actually waited too long.  Organizations have existed for…


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Redefining Record Players

January 20, 2022

All Time Records are special.  Well, unless you are Tom Brady.  He handles more records than a mustached DJ in the late 1970s.   We will get to Tom’s Time Stamps…