Bob Collins
There’s an effort to get opening day named a national holiday. Read more →
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Tag: Baseball
Today’s temperatures are a stark reminder that spring is coming and there’s nothing you can do to hold onto winter, try as you might.
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Bill Conlin was one of the finest baseball writers of his generation. None of his accomplishments in life matter, because the last description of him on this planet is that he molested children. Read more →
Journalism’s Hall of Shame, why do you stand and clap for marginally good art, a school dance for an Osseo teen, why is Delta suddenly wanting to make flying comfortable, and Kevin Love reveals Team Dysfunction. Read more →
The toxic mix of politics and health care, is the Nienstedt controversy for Catholics only, baseball parks in winter, the rights of white supremacists vs. the rights of people to try to shut them up, and why aren’t kids interested in driving? Read more →
A Gold Glove, batting-title winning catcher is more valuable — since there are not a lot of them — is a lot more valuable than a high-average, low-power first baseman. At $23 million a year, that’s a lot of money to pay. Read more →
The Braves are abandoning a stadium that is just 17 years old, but yet needs “hundreds of millions of dollars in improvements. Read more →
A baseball championship is just a baseball championship. Period. Everything else is just a sportswriter who needs a catchy lede. Read more →
Baseball is using the World Series to highlight some great causes. Read more →
In the unlikely event the Minnesota Twins had surprised us, played decent baseball, and made it to the World Series (which begins tonight, you may have heard), here’s something you wouldn’t be seeing: Two orchestras — St. Louis’ and Boston’s — “playing trash” at each other. Read more →
When the baseball playoffs are down to the final few teams, a baseball game is almost as precious as life itself. Read more →
Do big-spending MLB teams have an unfair advantage over smaller market teams? Read more →
Stepping up security at ballparks. Read more →
Finally, a reason to buy Google Glass? Read more →
Fans don’t have any responsibility to support a bad team any more than a car buyer has an obligation to buy a lousy car, but criticism of Minnesota fans is unwarranted. Read more →