It's Saturday, October 3rd. and this is the Fall Frenzy 2026 update. Which means that the MLB playoffs are now down to 8 teams; having finished the Wild Card round (which inspired the nomenclature). I got three of four of my picks correct. And, true to form - the team that won the first game … Continue reading Fall Frenzy 2026 Update
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Fall Frenzy 2026 Addition
Fall Frenzy 2026 addition. My oh my what a year it's been since the last one, 2025. I was in Kansas, or hell. Now I'm back in heaven, Colorado. Setting that aside, click on the above link to get the details of the MLB playoff format. However now, even more than ever, I miss my … Continue reading Fall Frenzy 2026 Addition
A Marvelous Fall Frenzy: MLB Playoffs, 2025
The Marvelous Fall Frenzy of 2025 will indeed be that. Because Major League Baseball has again changed the playoff format this year. Because the competition for eyeballs/clicks/viewers/consumers/money is, like everything else - greater than ever. One quarter of the way through the 21st Century and everything is in hyper-drive. Which is, I think, not good … Continue reading A Marvelous Fall Frenzy: MLB Playoffs, 2025
The Author’s Cafe on Spotify is Fantastic
The Author's Cafe is a playlist on Spotify. I just made it. The Author's Cafe Playlist on Spotify is fantastic! Specifically, it is songs referenced in the books I write. I am The Author and this is my cafe. Sometime around 2012 I tuned into streaming music via Spotify. Furthermore, I began to make playlists to mark … Continue reading The Author’s Cafe on Spotify is Fantastic
World Series 2024
The 2024 World Series, that I've waited 43 years for, is not looking good for my team--the New York Yankees. Because of, well, the psychology of human beings, of course. Makes me wonder about everything. Because the irony is so rich. Let's get into it. The History is: My love affair with baseball began way back … Continue reading World Series 2024
Fall Frenzy 2024: The MLB Playoffs
"Fall Frenzy" began in the fall of 2020 - the worst year ever. It was a marketing ploy by Major League Baseball to drum up interest in the playoffs after the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown in the spring. The season had been shortened to sixty games, beginning in late July. Recall, games were then played with … Continue reading Fall Frenzy 2024: The MLB Playoffs
Traumatized: We Don’t Stop
Trauma is "stress without resolve." So says Teal Swan, and I agree. Swan also says that unresolved trauma manifests as problems with one's physical, mental, and emotional health. Again, I agree. Furthermore she says that trauma "lies at the root of the vast majority of physical illnesses." I concur. That has been the case in … Continue reading Traumatized: We Don’t Stop
The BASEBALL 100: a review
The BASEBALL 100 is a book by Joe Posnanski, my brother's favorite baseball writer. Brother Jack gifted me the book last Christmas. I just finished it and will say this: The Baseball 100 might have to move into my top five books' list. Of all time! Because it checks all the boxes of what makes a book … Continue reading The BASEBALL 100: a review
Jack’s Eulogy
My brother Jack was sweet, gentle, and kind. He was two years older than me--born at the close of summer in 1947 at Bolling Air Field in the District of Columbia. Which is not to say he didn't get angry - he did. However, I think, that he thought it was a sin to show … Continue reading Jack’s Eulogy
Games We Used To Play: book review
Games We Used To Play is actually a history book. It is about professional sports in America from 1947 to 1990. Written by Roger Kahn, it is a collection of pieces he wrote for Prominent news publications: The New York Herald Tribune The American Scholar Sports Illustrated The Saturday Evening Post Esquire Sport Time The New … Continue reading Games We Used To Play: book review