Author: JonathanF

Sometimes 1966 is intrinsically more interesting than 2018, so I’ll dwell on 1966 a bit more than usual today. Sixty six games into the 1966 season, the Braves were now in full reversal of the current pleasant surprise: 28-38, a...

While I readily admit I did not complete live viewings of either of the two previous games, the scores in each were my excuse. This afternoon, I watched to the bitter end, not at all aided by two broadcasters whose unenviable...

At last —  Back to a timezone where baseball happens at a reasonable hour… ignoring the 2nd game on Monday.  Though to be perfectly honest, my Yale Bulldogs won the NCAA Lacrosse Championship on Monday and I’m not going...

It’s 11:36 PM on a chilly night in Dublin. (Ireland, not Georgia.) Your intrepid correspondent is in a somewhat dodgy hotel room directly upstairs from a bar where bad covers of “Sultans of Swing,” “Wonderwall,” and “Brown...

Until the Braves win a challenge not involving CB Bucknor, I will refer to all opposing teams as hyphenated umps. After 41 games, the 1966 Braves were ensconced in 7th place, 8 games out with a 19-22 record. In their next game,...