Monthly Archives: July 2008

Back From France…

July 16, 2008 – 8:55 am

I’m back from eight days in France and trying to catch up on all the stuff I missed here at home. In France, the biggest sports story of the moment is obviously the Tour de France. I know exactly nothing about cycling as a sport other than the obvious thing that whoever has the lowest [...]

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On Hiatus

July 7, 2008 – 9:04 am

I’ll be off the air for about a week. My long-suffering wife will be the chairperson for a session at a symposium in Paris later this week and tomorrow is our 42nd wedding anniversary. So, I’m tagging along on this trip and we’ll take a few days and drive through the Burgundy region where we [...]

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Misplaced Anger

July 7, 2008 – 9:01 am

I am neither a psychologist nor a sociologist by a long shot. Nevertheless, I believe we are looking at a case of misplaced anger in Seattle related to the loss of the Sonics to Oklahoma City. Let me explain. Some people are saying that Howard Schultz is to blame for this outcome. Schultz owned the [...]

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All Baseball On The Fourth Of July

July 4, 2008 – 11:07 am

It is Independence Day; baseball is our national pastime; so let me focus baseball today… I have already commented on the pathetic nature of the NL West. It has been mediocre for a couple of years now but the current status is approaching moribund. Arizona leads the division with a record of 43-43; that is [...]

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Hamlet – - 400 Years Later…

July 3, 2008 – 11:03 am

“To be or not to be. That is the question…” [Hamlet, Act III. Scene I] Shakespeare wrote those words about 400 years ago regarding a Danish prince who was having trouble deciding if he wanted to be a living organism or a corpse. Spoiler alert: At the end of the play, Hamlet is toes up… [...]

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General Johnson, Bonne Chance!

July 2, 2008 – 8:56 am

Last night, I read that the NBA hired a retired Army Major General to be in charge of its referees. The initial reaction in the media seems to be that this is a bold move by David Stern to put the Tim Donaghy situation – and his allegations that some NBA games might not have [...]

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Keep An Eye On the AL Central

July 1, 2008 – 9:28 am

July represents an important part of the baseball season because 31 July is the trading deadline for teams where players need not clear waivers. Therefore, GMs need to assess the real prospects of their teams for this season during this final month of the “free-trading time” to decide how and if they will participate in [...]

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