As some may already know, I am now going to be posting with a bunch of great people at Braves General Store. I started this little blog as a writing exercise to see if I could apply my word skills to sports. I think it’s been spotty at best, but there … Continue reading
When I was a kid growing up near Atlanta I had a little, battery-powered radio. It had the poorest of sound quality and no features beyond a tuner and a volume knob. It was just a little, cheap portable radio, but it held a special place of honor on many … Continue reading
“Am I really about to do this?” I asked myself. I was standing on the precipice of a major decision. One unconscious movement of the finger away from joining a club I never thought I’d see from the inside. There I was at my computer; well past the point of … Continue reading
The United States Men’s National Team is playing Portugal today. Just like every World Cup match before it, this is the most important soccer game in US history. Head coach Jürgen Klinsmann and his staff of experts have been toiling away at a game plan for months. They know Portugal. … Continue reading
A few days ago, esteemed Atlanta Braves expert for Talking Chop, @fergoe, posted a tweet. This tweet: When Julio Teheran grows a jheri curl in 2016, that’s when he’ll be a bonafide legend — Demetrius (@fergoe) June 1, 2014 Maybe I’m the only person. I’m probably the only person. But I … Continue reading
Last night Atlanta Braves third base coach, Doug Dascenzo, took to the streets to fill in for a broken traffic light in the Midtown area. One well-intended miscue led to another and before he knew it, Dascenzo had crippled the city. There were multiple pileups caused in the ensuing chaos, … Continue reading
The Bobcats name is dead. It was a shrine to Robert Johnson’s hubris and never befitting this great basketball city. It was a banner that was trotted out in front of years of building, rebuilding, and hope-crushing postseason futility. The name change may not fix those problems, but it will … Continue reading
The 2014 season has only just begun and already I have heard the traditional bullpen cheer of baseball fans everywhere, “Who’s that cat?” I might be hearing the “cat” part because of my overabundance of jazzy coolness, but the sentiment is still there. Bullpens change every year because bullpen pitchers … Continue reading
It has been a long offseason, but we now stand at the precipice of yet another opening day. I started this blog as a sort of experiment, but quickly had to abandon it for school concerns. I have dealt with those concerns and washed my hands of their filth. Grad … Continue reading
In 2005 the Charlotte Bobcats drafted Raymond Felton and Sean May out of the University of North Carolina. The choice to use both of the team’s picks in its second season of existence raised a number of eyebrows and created an ethos which seemed to value local interest more than … Continue reading