Tag: baseball

There is So Much to Love About Autumn

For me, the fall will always mark the beginning of a new year.  For nearly two decades, September is when I progressed one year in the educational ladder.  Now that I'm working,  fall is when I tack on another year in my experience as a working professional.  I've always loved this season because it's when

The Legacy of Alex Rodriguez: A Reputation in Shatters

In 2009, Alex Rodriguez admitted in an interview with Peter Gammons of ESPN that he took performance enhancing drugs from 2001 to 2003.

After that news broke, I wrote a post in which I tried to argue that despite the allegations, he should at least be considered for induction into the Hall of Fame. The

Why I Admire Josh Hamilton Despite (Because of) His Latest Relapse

When I heard that Texas Rangers' outfielder Josh Hamilton relapsed with alcohol again, I felt an indescribable mix of awe, sadness, courage, inspiration and strength.  Hamilton epitomizes the best and worst of human beings, the amazing things we are capable of but also the depths to which we can sink.  When I look at Hamilton,

Things This Crazy Only Happens in Sports

Stunning?  Surreal?  Preposterous?

No words can adequately describe the wildness on the last day of Major League Baseball’s 2011 regular season in the American League.

The turn of events were so insane that the historic collapse by the Atlanta Braves in the National League was an afterthought.  The Braves capped their own collapse from an 8 ½

It’s March Again and It’s Madness, Frozen and Fantastic

It's March again and you know what that means.

March Madness

Frozen Four

Fantasy Baseball

The sports trifecta.

It's sad to know that I've reached a point and career in my life where no one bothers to invite me to fill out a bracket unless I beg.  So I just created a league and cajoled my colleagues to join.  As

Oh The Burdens of Responsibility

My father currently runs the family business called Ryphan Industry Co., Ltd.

Founded in 1940 by my grandfather and my great-grandfather, Ryphan is a trading company dealing with plastic packaging used in tube-shaped foods like salamis and sausages.  The company has a fleeting connection to American baseball.  One of our biggest customers is Nippon Ham, Japan's largest

25 Random Crap About Me

My sister, that bored nincompoop, created Note in Facebook with a list of 25 random facts about herself and then created a "rule" under which an unfortunate soul who was tagged will have to do the same thing.  Presumably this is the most modern rendition of the cursed chain letter so the failure to respond

On Is This a Sport?

In a chain of conversation even I am not sure of how it transpired, the dinner conversation tonight focused on a fun game/debate, "Is this a sport"?

The following were "sports" which either became a subject during dinner or which I think are somewhat dubious as a "sport."  Tell me what you think--I've added my own
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