Title: 7: The Mickey Mantle Novel Author: Peter GolenbockPublisher: Regan BooksPrice: $24.95 ISBN: 9780061238598 When I was young, I had a neighborhood friend who idolized Mickey Mantle. Idolized Mickey Mantle. For example, my friend's dog was named Mickey. When that dog died, he named his next one Mickey II. When we played Wiffle ball, my friend was always Mickey Mantle. He modeled his swing
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Baseball 2007: An Open Letter to Manny Acta
Posted on 3:52 AM by ergeg
Dear Manny: As a fan of the Washington Nationals, I welcome you to the home of my birth. I live elsewhere now, but I have re-adopted the Nationals as the team closest to my heart, even after suffering as a youngster with the lousy Senators teams of the ‘60s and ‘70s. Believe me, I know what sucking as a baseball team is all about, because the Senators taught me that in spades. After that, the
Friday, February 16, 2007
Blast from the Past: Dave Kingman
Posted on 3:23 PM by ergeg
[Ed. note: Sports Media America begins a new occasional baseball feature, "Blast from the Past," which aims to focus on some of the lesser and/or maybe slightly forgotten major leaguers from the game's rich history. Readers' suggestions are welcome.] They called him “Kong.” When he arrived at Wrigley Field in 1978, Dave Kingman was thought by some to be washed up. He was 29 years old and,
Thursday, February 1, 2007
One Week Too Long: The Wait for the Super Bowl Always Dulls the Mind and Usually Throws the Players Off-Kilter
Posted on 4:05 AM by ergeg
Huh? There’s a Super Bowl? Gosh, I’d almost forgotten. Sorry, but I’m not one of those guys trolling websites for warm and fuzzy stories about second-string linebackers who are having their lifelong dream fulfilled by playing in this Sunday’s Super Bowl. I gave up on that stuff long ago. What I have time for is watching the game and drawing my own conclusions about what happened. The sidebars
Thursday, January 18, 2007
Victors and Vanquished
Posted on 2:03 AM by ergeg
All were favorites, but not a single home team covered the spread in the divisional round of the NFL playoffs. On top of that, two home teams, the two teams with the best records in the AFC—San Diego and Baltimore—took it on the chin and were beaten outright. The SMA swami took it on the chin too: a 1-3 mark for the weekend, and now 3-5 for the playoffs thus far. Here’s the dope on the losers,
Tuesday, January 9, 2007
Wild Cards Tank, Interesting Matchups Await in Divisional Playoffs
Posted on 4:28 AM by ergeg
Maybe we shouldn’t be surprised. This year’s wild-card entries in the NFL playoffs were by and large teams that struggled just to get into the postseason. So when all four lost last weekend, by hook and by crook, perhaps justice was done. Getting to the Super Bowl is a survival-of-the-fittest proposition, and it’s a secure feeling knowing that the very best teams have advanced. As for the losers,
Friday, January 5, 2007
An African American Tragedy
Posted on 5:14 AM by ergeg
“Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.”—Hamlet. ACT I, Scene 4. The body of Darrent Williams will be publically viewed tonight in Fort Worth, the hometown of the Denver Broncos player who was gunned down in Denver early on New Year’s Day. Williams’ funeral will be held January 6 at Great Commission Baptist Church. After a few days’ worth of reflection, it’s no easier to understand why
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