The O's are having one heck of a great year. I'd love to see them in the World Series. It's been a long road since 1983. I've been watching the Orioles since I was a young kid in the 1960s. I was in elementary school when they whipped the L.A. Dodgers 4-0 in the 1966 World Series. My grandfather...
The Buffaloes have only 1 full winning season since 2005, and that was in 2016 (Well, two, counting the short season in 2020 when they went 4-2). It's going to be a rough ride for the new coach to bring this team back to success. The Rams over in Fort Collins have had 6 winning seasons and 6...
But you know, Jim Perry was given the award. It wasn't uncommon for teams at the top to get the big awards. Boog Powell of the O's won the MVP Award that year too. I always liked Sudden Sam, but his bouts with alcohol shortened his career in the 1970s.
Two or three times. I prefer El Golfo de Santa Clara, which is about 60 miles south of the Arizona border in the upper part of the Sea of Cortez. Of course, there is a new highway starting in Santa Clara that heads to Puerto Penasco (Rocky Point).
Mrs. Jaw (Paty) and I are celebrating our 33rd Anniversary over in Algodones, B.C., Mexico (a small border town nearby with a nice outdoor center with lunch, beer, dancing to live music...great place to party).
Of course, there are movies about real players and teams, such as The Pride of the Yankees (Lou Gehrig), The Pride of St. Louis (Dizzy Dean), The Stratton Story, 42, and 61*(I really enjoyed 61*) and a few more. Then, like Bull Durham, the comedy type baseball movies like Major League, Angels in...
Sudden Sam...maybe! Or, Dave McNally. Or Mike Cuellar (Teammates McNally and Cuellar both won 24 games...and, both hit grand slams...Cuellar in the ALCS against the Twins, and McNally in the WS against the Reds...now what are the odds on that????).
Well, they always had long relief pitchers for starters who were blown out in the first couple of innings. Most of the long-relief pitchers were also spot starters for double headers or a starter missing from the rotation. I have to wonder if any pitchers these days know how to get out of a...
A good portion of the teams would probably do better if they let their starters get some complete games more often. Heck, now they don't even have to bat in both leagues...now that really sucks.
Urban has a 2-11 record. But then, when Jimmy Johnson took over the Cowboys he was 1-15 his first season. They kept him though...Dallas had never really fired a head coach in their history at that time (Landry was the head coach for from 1960-88 until he retired)...so, 4 years later Johnson's...
Tom Matte...played QB at Ohio State. Had a nice professional career with the Baltimore Colts...as a halfback. Though, in 1965, when QB Johnny U. and backup QB Gary Cuozzo were both injured for the final season game, Matte played QB and his team beat the Rams 20-17. So, they had to play a...
The NFL and NBA would be wise to create a minor league farm system similar to the system used by MLB and the NHL. That way, the "student" who goes to college primarily to honing his athletic skills enroute to the pros, would have a venue that is created for that very purpose. AND, the parent...