Author: JonathanF

There is nothing less powerful than fulminating at a television screen.  Indeed, people yelling at screens has been a rich source of futility humor since at least The Honeymooners and probably before.

One step up … Finish Reading

[On thinking about the Mets and re-reading Dante’s Inferno. Also, I’m not going to try to mimic Dante’s 11 syllable terza rima, which I’m sure will disappoint blazon, if he’s still reading, but I will go with a simple … Finish Reading

Is there anybody who doesn’t love Ozhaino Jurdy Jiandro Albies? In an age where a lot of players are hard to like, Ozzie isn’t one of them. He has an obvious competitive fire; he’s a … Finish Reading

[Look, this might possibly amuse you somewhat, but if you’ve got anything better to do with your next 10 minutes, just … Finish Reading

The 1909 Cubs won 104 games. They didn’t get to the World Series either.

It used to be that these Where Do We Go From Here pieces … Finish Reading

Let the crapshoot begin

So those of you who have nothing better to do than remember everything I’ve written here will of course recall my periodic forays into Bradley-Terry Ratings for baseball.  It’s time to … Finish Reading

There is nothing to be said about the biggest regular-season series in recent Braves memory that hasn’t been said a thousand times already.  So I won’t try.  Let’s win the first one and take … Finish Reading

You Better Shop Around

Those of you expecting Alex will be disappointed.  I believe he had important Queen Elizabeth II mourning to do, so I’m taking over the recap duties this evening…. even though I’m still mourning Queen Elizabeth I.  By the way, … Finish Reading