The Wisdom to Know the Difference
Kids are rotten. I’m not proud of this, but when we were young, my friends and I made fun of the “retarded” kids, as they were called back then. Not to their faces. That’s a special blend of evil, you...
View ArticleTaking It to the House
In general, when I refer to the Baltimore place I live, I call it “my wife’s house.” This is only a little bit overstated as, if I owned the house by myself, it would look vastly different. For...
View ArticleAll That’s Left Are the Last Rites
The natural inclination is to protect kids from the notion of death for as long as possible. Let them play in their idyllic little worlds without the crushing, adult realization of just how temporary...
View ArticleCut to the Quick
Todd Helton has no shot against the cutter today. It’s coming inside, it’s shutting him down, and all the Rockies first baseman can do is head for the showers, if he can walk. Ah, the surgeon’s blade....
View ArticleMug Shot Hall of Famer
Aside from writing about baseball (on occasion) there’s this other thing I like to do (a lot): drink. For example, as a young journalist in Middletown, NY, I lived roughly 500 yards maximum from DJ’s,...
View ArticleHot Cornering the Market
Bright spots are hard to come by in another July-August swoon-tease-swoon for the Colorado Rockies. Here’s one: third base. Nolan Arenado. Look, I live in Baltimore and have heard about and seen enough...
View ArticleOf Millstones and Milestones — Grinder’s Day in the Sun
You could see the relief on Todd Helton’s face. The exhale. Now everybody could maybe just shut up and let him quietly finish up a career as one of the best ever in baseball. Hit No. 2,500 — and...
View ArticleUFC 1: Two centaurs enter, one centaur leave
A-Rod has long been the only purple-lipped centaur on the block, to wake one day and discover that Todd Helton suddenly had the gift (and a much better shot at Cooperstown). There’s only one way to...
View ArticleOld No. 17
Todd Helton has said he isn’t going to shed a whole bunch of tears over this whole retirement thing, at least in public. Truth be told, neither will I. Todd Helton pushed my all-time favorite player,...
View ArticleWasting Away Again in Rockarita-ville
My back pocket was buzzing. Mary had gone for a between-innings walk with the Rockies and Reds tied 2-2. I’m not much of one for cellphone use during a baseball game, much less at a shrine like Coors...
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