J-Lo and A-Rod aka J-Rod
We may have to file this one under oh no, say it isn’t so. But rumors are spreading that A-Rod and J-Lo aka J-Rod, might not make it to the Alter. This would make winners, […]
Category: Baseball
President Trump: Bigger than the Babe?
We have a new president. In a few days a new baseball season will also be upon us. With it will come yet one more unforeseen presidential responsibility for the new incumbent: the probability […]
8 Rolling Stone Lyrics Made Age Appropriate
http://gty.im/458844966 8 Rolling Stone Lyrics Made Age Appropriate by Paul Lander Just by adding “Oy Vey” to a ‘Rolling Stone’ lyric, the band sounds their actual age: I can’t get no satisfaction, oy […]
The Cubs Goat Gets Its Goat Got
In 1906, the Chicago Cubs won 116 games, a Major League baseball record. They lost the World Series to the Chicago White Sox but then won the next two, becoming the first team to appear […]
Tasty Athletes Rob Ford Might Have Eaten
Embattled, controversial, former Toronto mayor Rob Ford has died. Feel sad for him and his family. It was way early. He was always good for a quote and for a Silliman on Sports story. Here’s […]
Getting Wind of a Time When the Cubs Were Smokin’ Hot
It was Saturday, September 28, 1935. The Cubs had swept a doubleheader from the Cardinals on Friday giving Chicago twenty-one straight wins and clinching the National League pennant. Excited Cub fans were no doubt […]
Friday the 13th in Sports
FRIDAY THE 13TH IN SPORTS Pararkevidekatriaphobia. Okay, folks, the longest word in Silliman on Sports history. A combination of three Greek words – paraskevi means “Friday”, dekatria means “Thirteen” and phobia meaning “fear”. No, […]
Baseball, the Game of Failure
In hardly any aspect of life can a man be if a failure if he succeeds .700 of the time. However, a pitcher stinks if he gets .700 of his batters out. A fielder […]
The Key to Sports Longevity
THE KEY TO A LONG SPORTS LIFE When my young friend, Jerry, (he looks old, but he’s a lot younger than he looks) asked my opinion on career advice, I told him that if he’s […]
Let Me Show You The Door, Bud Selig
I think that Bud Selig is the baseball version of the Antichrist. Or at the very least, Vigo the Carpathian. Bud Selig, the Commissioner (cough, hack, sputter) of Major League Baseball has announced that he […]