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As MLB entered its playoff stage, I was roaming around some baseball stat sites to get a synoptic view of the season that just ended.  One thing that jumped out at me was this:

• Trea Turner led the National League in batting average for 2025 with a .304 average.
• No other National league player hit .300 for the season.

When I was a kid – – right after Stonehenge was finished – – it was not unusual for there to be a dozen players hitting .300 or better for a season and for the “batting champion” to hit .330 or better.  That is an observation and not a complaint; the hitter’s mentality today is very different from years ago; the objective then was to get on base safely; the objective today is to drive the ball with power.  And so, only one NL player managed to hit .300 for the season.

Using National League OPS numbers as a measure indicates that power hitting has done well.

• Shohei Ohtani had an OPS of 1.014 thanks to a slugging average of .622.
• Kyle Schwarber had an OPS of .928 despite a batting average of .240.
• Eight National League players had slugging averages over .520.

The American League painted a slightly different picture in 2025.

• Aaron Judge led the league in hitting at .331
• Six players in the AL hit .300 or better.
• Aaron Judge also led in OPS with an average of 1.145
• George Springer hit .309 and had an OPS of .959.

Another thing that caught my eye had to do with the running narrative related to Cal Raleigh for at least the last three months.  He had an amazing season setting a variety of records and much of the wonder about his season was that he was doing it as a catcher.  That position is not historically one or the positions where top-shelf hitting is found.  Well, overshadowed by Raleigh’s very strong offensive season is another American League catcher, Shea Langeliers (“Oakland” A’s) who posted well above average offensive numbers for a catcher:

• Batting average .277
• Slugging average .536
• OPS .861

Cal Raleigh’s numbers were better, but Langelier’s numbers deserve to be noted and appreciated too.

On the pitching side, if you had asked me to name the pitcher who allowed the lowest batting average against him in the National League, I would immediately have guessed Paul Skenes.  Not so.  Skenes finished fourth in the National League in that statistic for 2025; here are the top five NL pitchers in terms of “getting batters out”:

1. Yoshinobu Yamamoto .183
2. Freddy Peralta .193
3. Nick Pivetta .195
4. Paul Skenes .199
5. Robby Ray .221

In the American League here are the top five pitchers in “batting average against”:

1. Carlos Rodon .188
2. Jacob deGrom .196
3. Tarik Skubal .200
4. Bryan Woo .200
5. Hunter Brown .201

Just as hitting stats have changed over the years, so have pitching stats.  If you look at 1975 – – 50 years ago – – no pitcher in either league posted a “batting average against” below .208 (Catfish Hunter).  Here in 2025, nine pitchers did that.

Here is a strange one I found when looking back at 1975 stats.  That was a time when the NL had hitters like Dave Parker, Mike Schmidt, Johnny Bench, Willie Stargell and Geroge Foster.  None of them led the NL in OPS in 1975.  I would never have guessed that Joe Morgan led the NL in that stat in 1975 (.974) and Greg Luzinski finished second (.934).

Finally, here is an interesting perspective by Ted Williams:

“I hope somebody hits .400 soon. Then people can start pestering that guy with questions about the last guy to hit .400.”

But don’t get me wrong, I love sports……..

 

 

Let’s do some baseball today.  Back on August 1^st, the NL East looked like an interesting race that could go down to the final series of the regular season.  Here is how the Phillies and the Mets stacked up back on August 1, 2025:

• Phillies:           62-47  .569
• Mets:               62-48  .564

Well, the anticipation of a nail-biter of a race turned out to be disappointing at the very best.  The Phillies have already won the NL East with 9 games remaining on the regular season schedule.  Since August 1, 2025, here is how the fortunes of the Phillies and the Mets have diverged:

• Phillies:           29-15  .659
• Mets:               16-26  .381

As of this morning, the Mets still hold on to the final wild card slot in the NL playoffs, but they have three teams “hot on their heels”.  The Mets lead the D-Backs by a game-and-a-half and the Reds, and the Giants are right there only two games behind the Mets in that wild card chase.  Back in August I anticipated the Mets being in a tight race for a division title when in reality, the Mets are now in a tight race just to get a wild card invitation to the playoffs.  Sic transit gloria mundi …

One other note from the standings this morning …  The Colorado Rockies have ten games left on their schedule.  They need to win only one of those ten games to avoid equaling last year’s Chicago White Sox debacle that produced only 41 wins for the year.  As of this morning the Rockies record stands at 41-111.  That is the good news of a sort.  Here is the bad news.

• The Rockies’ run differential for the season is minus-402 – – with 10 games left to play.
• The MLB record for worst run differential in a season has stood since 1932.
• In 1932, the Red Sox were outscored for the season by “only” 349 runs.
• The Rockies have crushed that standard of ineptitude in 2025.

I have two Quick Quizzes for you today.  No peeking, no Googling, no using AI:

1. What is the largest US city without an MLB franchise?
2. What is the largest US city without a franchise in either MLB, NBA, NFL and NHL?

Answers below …  [Aside: I got the first one but missed the second one.]

Today is my grandson’s 18^th birthday.  If you have been reading these things for a while, you may remember that I have referred to him as The FOG – – the First and Only Grandson.  He now lives in Dublin, Ireland but his introduction to baseball was when he and his parents lived within walking distance of Wrigley Field in Chicago and he is – naturally – a Cubs’ fan.  Coincidentally, the Cubs have just clinched a wild card slot in the NL playoff this year having missed out on that for the last 4 seasons.  I am certain that he is very happy to know that his Cubbies will be in the playoffs next month.

Moving on …  MLB has played regular season games in London off and on since 2019.  They had scheduled a 2-game series between the Jays and the Yankees for London in June 2026 but that had to be cancelled because the stadium in London will be used in May 2026 for an EPL game involving West Ham.  Evidently, there is insufficient time to convert the stadium from a soccer pitch to a baseball diamond, and the series has been cancelled.  That cancellation comes on the heels of another cancellation this year for the city of Paris where MLB was unable to find a promoter to take the games.

MLB has had success “exporting” its games to Tokyo, Mexico City, Seoul and Sydney.  London has been a successful venue in the past but the cancellation in 2026 seems to me to be either very bad planning with regard to scheduling or a lack of urgency on the part of the groundskeepers there to work through two field conversions.  Rob Manfred continues to say that MLB has an eye on Europe; he had this to say about this matter:

“We remain interested in Europe. We think London is an important jumping off point for us … We continue to believe that there’s an opportunity there and that we can get at the developed economies in Europe through that London entree.”

Somehow, that sounds to me like whistling by the graveyard…

Here are the answers to the Quick Quizzes:

The biggest US city without an MLB franchise is San Antonio TX with a population of 1.6M and a metro area of almost 3M.

The biggest US city without a franchise in either MLB, NBA, NFL or NHL is Austin TX with a population of 1M and a metro area of 2.4M.

Finally, I’ll close today with some advice for The Fog as his introduction to adulthood:

 “Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that the people who have the most live the longest.”

But don’t get me wrong, I love sports………

 

 

Every time you go to see a game, you have the potential to see something you have never seen before.  Fans who took in a minor league game between Norfolk and Jacksonville recently got to see something that has been labeled as a “Thunderbalk”.  Here it is:

• Jax has a man on third base.  The weather is threatening.
• The pitcher is in his windup; his lead foot is off the ground, and he is leaning into the throw.
• There is a tremendous thunderclap that makes every player on the field and even the umpires jump in reaction; the pitcher holds the ball and steps to the first base side of the mound.
• That is a balk; the man on third base scores.

I never saw a “Thunderbalk”; how about you?

Last night’s All-Star Game ended in a tie-breaker Home Run Derby.  It is not how I would ever want to see baseball games that mean anything decided, but in an entertainment exhibition like an All-Star Game, it is quick and decisive – – and it can provide a bit of drama on its own.  Just keep it in the All-Star Game or maybe in one of the Savannah Bananas’ games…

MLB also used the robo ump challenge system for this exhibition game.  It was not intrusive; it did not stretch out the game; had it not been the first time I had seen the concept in practice; I would have assumed that is how baseball has always been officiated.  This is not nearly a big-deal in my mind.

Moving on …  The WNBA issued a warning – – and threatened to levy fines – – against two players for the New York Liberty and the warning has nothing to do with their play.  In fact, the incident that drew the warning happened in a game where both players were inactive.  So, what was their offense that drew the ire of the league?

• They wore hats on the bench. 
• One was a baseball cap, and the other was a beret.
• How dare they …

There is no rule in the WNGA rulebook about wearing hats on the bench; there is however an “operations manual” is also given to each team and in that document, there is mention of the attire that can be worn on the bench during games.  That almost reminds me of Dean Wormer declaring that Delta House was on “double secret probation”.

The WNBA is in a growth spurt; it has never been as popular as it is now, and it has never garnered the level of attention that it does now.  Now is not the time for the league to paint itself as petty or fussy.

• The baseball cap had a slogan on it, “Calm Before the Storm”.
• The beret bore no writing or “message”.

Someone may need to explain to me how “Calm Before the Storm” had any effect on the play in the game or how that message might be offensive to anyone or anything.  I can understand that the league would want to assure that players do not wear apparel from providers who are competitors with the WNBA’s “corporate partners.  I can understand that the league would not want players wearing apparel with “hate speech” prominently displayed.  But “Calm Before the Storm”…?

The player wearing the cap with the offending message is a 10-year veteran, Natashia Cloud.  Here is her comment on the threat of a fine:

“I just feel like we’re doing nitpicky sh*t.  I’d rather the W focus on actual things than trying to take our money for wearing what we want to wear and expressing ourselves.”

If the boundaries of good taste obtain, I agree with her.

Finally, these words from James Barrie:

“Life is a long lesson in humility.”

But don’t get me wrong, I love sports………

 

 

Yesterday, I mentioned that sometime before the start of the NFL regular season we would be hearing about an 18-game regular season expansion.  As if on cue, there is an article in today’s Washington Post saying that – – for the moment – – talks about an 18-game season are on hold.  I am starting to worry about turning into a latter-day Cassandra …

The Niners’ DB, Deommodore Lenoir was arrested on a charge of “obstruction of justice”.  Even if that charge is dropped, he should be arrested and charged with juvenile delinquency – – with the emphasis on “juvenile”.  Here is how the arrest was described at Yahoo!Sports.com:

“According to the police report, officers stopped a group including Lenoir in the area of West Vernon Avenue and South Wilton Place and saw a gun in a parked vehicle. Officers asked for the keys to the car and one person in the group threw them over to Lenoir. Lenoir then tossed the keys to a third person, who attempted to hide them.”

Playing “keep-away” is a time-honored behavior on playgrounds just about everywhere.  Participants are usually pre-teens and the individual from whom something is “kept-away” is not a police officer.   Deommodore Lenoir just put himself squarely in the running for the honor of being Meathead of the Year – 2025.  The Niners just signed Lenoir to a 5-year contract worth up to $92M; they cannot be even slightly happy to learn about this.

Moving on …  There are rumblings that the NCAA mavens are considering an expansion for March Madness that would increase the field to 76 teams.  If they do this, it is purely a cash-grab from the TV networks because there is no clamor in the fanbase to do this.  In fact, the additional “play-in games” that such a field would necessitate will only add more confusion to the bracket pools that made March Madness into what it has become.

There is empirical evidence that the fanbase is not chomping at the bit for more play-in games.  The current set of 4 such games draw TV audiences smaller than any of the future games in the tournament.  As the field stands now, there are teams involved that have lost 10-12 games; other than alums and parents of students at such schools, no one wants to see more of them on TV.

The NCAA stands to make extra money from extra games.  You know who else stands to make more money – – and hence are solidly behind such expansion?  College coaches and Athletic Directors who often have lucrative bonus clauses in their contracts if the teams they oversee get a tournament slot.  So, when you hear from them about how it will “benefit the game” just remember that they are speaking from a position of enlightened self-interest.

It will never happen, but if the NCAA mavens wanted to tweak March Madness, they should cut out the 4 “play-in games” and go beck to a field of 64 teams.  Some folks have observed that the Thursday and Friday first round games dominate the TV landscape and that domination would translate to the “play-in games” without diminution of the Thursday/Friday popularity.  That sounds good, but the logic does not hold:

• The 4 current “play-in games” draw comparatively tiny audiences.
• Ergo, adding more low-caliber games to a less popular aspect of the tournament is going to inflate interest?

Coaches – – the ones potentially with bonus clauses in their contracts – – like to point out that the “play-in games” allow for late blooming teams to get a shot at “making a run”.  Here is my answer to those coaches:

• Your team is in a conference.
• That conference has a conference tournament the week before the field is selected.
• That was your “play-in game”.  Win that conference tournament, and you get an invite.

I presume I have made my position abundantly clear on the matter of expansion of March Madness …

Finally, these words from Hunter S. Thompson:

“I hate to advocate drugs, alcohol, violence, or insanity to anyone, but they’ve always worked for me.”

But don’t get me wrong, I love sports………

 

 

Having not had much time for browsing over the past several days, I sat down this morning to find some new stuff for today’s rant.  The headline that jumped out and bit me on the nose was clearly in the category of “old news” – – and  yet, there it was at the top of the page I found.  Here is the headline:

“Steelers legend Terry Bradshaw rips Aaron Rodgers, team for handling of quarterback position: ‘A failure’ “

Bradshaw minced no words according to this report, going back to the way the Steelers dealt with Kenny Pickett, which Bradshaw thought was off target.  After reading this, I wondered if the Steelers had the worst “QB situation” in the NFL at the moment.  So, I started looking at depth charts and came up with this.

Here are five teams whose “QB situation” is either “not very good” or “too many unknowns to declare”:

• Browns:  Ever since the disastrous trade for and signing of Deshaun Watson, the Browns have had QB issues.  It seems now that they seek to resolve those issues with sheer numbers.  The Browns have 5 QBs on the string – – Kenny Pickett, Joe Flacco, Dillon Gabriel, Shedeur Sanders and the aforementioned Watson.  Maybe Pickett is a late bloomer?  Maybe Flacco still has a pinch of fairy dust in his pocket?  Maybe …
• Colts:  Here is the deal in a nutshell:
  • • Anthony Richardson is a stud athlete whose passing accuracy is about as reliable as a Wi-Fi signal in a hotel lobby.
    • Daniel Jones is up and down as often as a yo-yo.
• Also on the roster are Riley Leonard (rookie 6^th round pick from Notre Dame) and Jason Bean (spend 2024 in the UFL with the Memphis Showboats)
• Saints:  The retirement of Darek Carr is a real problem in New Orleans.  Carr may not – – even at his best – – have been a “Top Ten QB”, but his injury-induced retirement leaves the Saints with Spencer Rattler and Jake Haener as their QBs with NFL experience plus Tyler Shough, a rookie out of Louisville who spent 7 years in the collegiate ranks.
• Steelers:  Indeed, the Steelers are on this list.  As of this morning, they have Mason Rudolph as the starter with 6^th round pick Will Howard as the understudy.  If Rodgers does not show up, maybe they could trade for Kirk Cousins – – and assume the burden of his bloated contract – – but that situation is both up in the air and talent deficient.
• Titans: Yes, they have overall #1 pick Cam Ward on the squad and hope springs eternal with overall #1 selections.  Other than Ward, however, the roster shows Will Levis, Brandon Allen and Tim Boyd.  Let’s just say that the jury is out on Cam Ward, but the jury has returned verdicts on the other three …

            Just to maintain a degree of symmetry in the universe, let me suggest the five teams that I think have the most solid QB situations in the NFL today:

• Bills:  Josh Allen plus Mitchell Trubisky is a solid QB situation.  IN addition, Mike White has been in the league for several years.  Shane Buechele has been with the Bills and the Chiefs since 2021; given the starters for the Bills and the Chiefs, it is not surprising that Buechele has not seen a lot of game action.
• Chiefs:  Patrick Mahomes is the man in KC; the Chiefs signed a capable backup in this offseason – – Gardner Minshew.  Minshew did very well in college under Mike Leach and the “Air-Raid Offense”; he might also do well in Andy Reid’s passing offense.  Bailey Zappe is another QB on the roster with unrefined passing skills.
• Eagles:  Jalen Hurts is for real; there are at least 20 teams who would start him immediately.  Behind him is Tanner McKee who got a start last year in a meaningless regular season game and posted this stat line:
  • • 27 of 41 for 269 yards with 2 TDs and 0 INTs
• Yes, it is a small sample, but as a backup QB, those are impressive numbers.  Also in the building are Dorian Thompson-Robinson (some NFL game experience) and Kyle McCord (rookie from Syracuse).
• Rams:  Matthew Stafford can still play at a superior level and the backup in LA will be Jimmy G. who has proven that he can be an excellent backup in the league but is a bit too injury-prone to be a reliable starter.
• Ravens:  In recent years, there was a huge drop-off from Lamar Jackson to the Ravens’ backup QB.  The team seems to have resolved that in this offseason signing Cooper Rush to be the backup QB; Rush demonstrated his abilities last year with the Cowboys.  Devin Leary is a second-year player out of Kentucky and is also on the depth chart.

I expect some pushback for leaving the Bengals off the “solid QB situation list”.  My reason is that I believe the drop-off between starter Joe Burrow and prime backup Jake Browning is larger than the drop-offs for the five teams on my list.  The depth chart entries behind Browning are Logan Woodside (drafted in 2018 and has yet to “emerge”) and Payton Thorne (undrafted rookie from Auburn).

Finally, since all this started with some observations by Terry Bradshaw, let me close with another thought from Bradshaw:

“I would start with the most important thing a quarterback has to be: poised. If you panic in that pocket, you are no good. I don’t care what else is there; you have to be poised.”

But don’t get me wrong, I love sports………

 

 

 

The rants will take a break until May 9th for travel reasons.  See everyone then.

Stay safe and stay well, everyone.

 

 

It is far too early in the calendar year to draw any reasonable conclusions, but there are a few unusual circumstances in the sports world that might lead one to conclude that 2025 will be a year of strange happenings.  Consider:

• The betting favorite for the team that will represent the NFC in this year’s Super Bowl Game is the Detroit Lions.  This will be the 59^th iteration of the Super Bowl and the Lions have taken part in exactly none of the previous 58 games.
• Another serious NFC contender to play in that game is the Minnesota Vikings.  The last time the Vikings were in the Super Bowl, the opposing QB was Ken Stabler.
• In case you had not noticed, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers won their division for the fourth consecutive season.  That had never happened before…
• Meanwhile, the Buffalo Bills won their division for the fifth consecutive season.  Even though the Bills played in – – and lost – – four consecutive Super Bowl Games, they had never won their division 5 times in a row.

Strange doings in the sports world early in 2025 are not limited to the NFL; perhaps some examples from the NBA will suggest a year of unusual sporting circumstances:

• As of this morning, the Oklahoma Thunder of the NBA sport a record of 30-5 and the team has won 15 games in a row.  There are 8 NBA teams today that have not won a total of 15 games this season, let alone 15 games in a row.
• Believe it or not, the Thunder do NOT have the best record in the NBA as of today; the Cleveland Cavaliers – – of all teams – – check in with a record of 31-4 and they are riding a 10-game winning streak.

The status of men’s college basketball suggests an unusual change of circumstances for this year:

• Only one “blueblood basketball team” – – Duke – – is ranked in the Top-5 today.  The other 4 schools have had strong programs in recent years, but none are legendary college basketball programs:
  • • Tennessee – – ranked #1
    • Auburn – – ranked #2
    • Iowa St. – – ranked #3
    • Alabama – – ranked #5
• Meanwhile, perennial powerhouses are not even in the Top-10 this morning such as:
  • • Kansas – – ranked #11
    • Michigan St. – – ranked #16
    • Gonzaga – – ranked #18
    • UCLA – – ranked #22
    • Michigan – – ranked #24

And “across the pond” in the English Premier League, you can find an element of strangeness in the table as of today.  The season over there is just past the halfway point in terms of games played; while the final standings may change dramatically, there is a decent sample size to try to analyze and digest:

• Manchester United – – EPL champions for 13 seasons – – finds itself in 13^th place in the 20-team league.  Man U is 23 points from the top of the table and only 7 points clear of the relegation zone.
• Manchester City – – 8-time EPL champion and champions for the last 4 consecutive seasons – – are in 6^th place this morning and would not qualify for any of the international club competitions if that were to be their final position.
• Nottingham Forest was only promoted to the EPL for the last two seasons after spending the previous 14 seasons in the Championship.  As of this morning, Nottingham Forest is in 3^rd place in the EPL.
• Bournemouth has spent the last 10 seasons cycling between the EPL and the Championship; it was promoted to the EPL two seasons ago along with Nottingham Forest.  Today, Bournemouth is in 7^th place in the table, only 1 point behind Manchester City, 9 points ahead of Tottenham Hotspur and 10 points ahead of Manchester United.

I remember in 12^th grade English class having been assigned to write an essay on Shakespeare’s use of birds as omens in the play Macbeth.  My initial reaction to the assignment was that this was going to be impossible because I did not recall any animals as part of the play we had just read.  Then I took a closer look and indeed there were mentions of ravens and owls and falcons in the text.  My lesson there was that you have to look closely if you are trying to find “unusual things” in a larger work.  So, maybe that lesson applies here to these early oddities in 2025?  If only I had access to three witches in a park nearby who might give me a prophecy for 2025.

“Double, double toil and trouble ;

Fire burn and caldron bubble.

Cool it with a baboon’s blood,

Then the charm is firm and good.”

But don’t get me wrong, I love sports………

 

 

While I was on hiatus here, Fernando Valenzuela died at the age of 63.  Fernandomania was a social phenomenon that transcended sports in the early 1980s once he reached the majors with the Dodgers at the ripe old age of 19.  The season after his debut, he won the Rookie of the Year and the Cy Young award in 1981; he was also a 6-time All Star in the 80s.  Valenzuela had an unorthodox delivery where his eyes were cast heavenward as he was in the middle of his wind-up.

With his passing, Heaven now has a 4-man starting rotation of pitchers with unusual deliveries:

• Mark “The Bird” Fidrych
• Satchel Paige
• Luis Tiant
• Fernando Valenzuela

Rest in peace, Fernando Valenzuela.

Speaking obliquely of the LA Dodgers, the Dodgers are in command of the World Series leading the Yankees three games to none behind the other-worldly performance(s) of Freddie Freeman so far.  Obviously, Dodgers’ fans are bordering on euphoria this morning and Yankees’ fans need to have sharp objects removed from their presence.  But there was a sidebar story from last weekend that deserves comment.

The Yankees’ Juan Soto will be a free agent once the World Series is over.  Last week there was a story at CBSSports.com saying that the Dodgers planned to pursue signing Soto.  As demonstrated last winter with the Dodgers signing both Ohtani and Yamomoto, the Dodgers’ owners have very deep pockets and are more than willing to dig down into those pockets to come up with “the cheese”.  And then, there was this quote from Soto in the report:

“Definitely every player wants to be happy where they’re at. And at the end of the day, whenever you win, you’re going to be really happy. So wherever you are that you have a chance to win a championship, you’re going to be excited to play for them. I think that’s the biggest thing. That’s the biggest mindset right now. See where’s the best chance for that and go from there.”

So, maybe that means Soto is not looking for a record setting contract?  Here is why I do not think so.

• Juan Soto is represented by Scott Boras.
• I am not confident that Boras would give his mother a “hometown discount”.

Moving on …  Several weeks ago, the NY Jets fired head coach Robert Saleh because the Jets were not achieving to the level of expectation by ownership.  At the time, I said that it was not clear to me that Robert Saleh was the reason for “underperformance” in NY and I suggest that the two games the Jets have played since their BYE Week (both losses to be sure) show that to be the case.

The biggest “underperformance of expectations” is Aaron Rodgers.  The Jets and the Jets’ fans “expect” Rodgers to play the way he did in the past – – say 5 years ago.  He has not and maybe he cannot.  Here is an interesting twist of fate:

• In 2023 with Rodgers sidelined by injury and Zack Wilson leading a parade of mediocre QBs as Jets’ starters, the team was 4-4 after 8 games.
• In 2024 with Rodgers nominally healthy and playing every game, the team is 2-6 after 8 games.

As a franchise, the Jets have made some seriously bad choices when it comes to hiring head coaches.  Robert Saleh was not one of those seriously bad choices as compared to:

1. Lou Holtz (1976) – – did not finish out his first year and famously decided that what the Jets needed was a fight song.
2. Richie Kotite (1994/95) – – an unmitigated disaster and I am not sure he could follow a recipe on how to make ice cubes.
3. Adam Gase (2019/20) – – did the best imitation of a “deer-in-the headlights look” in NFL history.

When this year’s NFL season is coming to an end, there will be a ton of speculation about who will be the Jets’ head coach starting in 2025.  The team’s fanboys will generate lots of heat – – but little light – – as the situation evolves but those fanboys need to recognize a serious trend:

• The best predictor of future human actions/performances is past performance.

The same insightful and probing minds that made past team personnel decisions are going to be the ones making the next ones.  Rather than assuming future glory in the decision-making process, Jets’ fans would be well advised to remind themselves about the blind squirrel and the acorn.

Finally, I’ll close today with an important truism:

“Wine improves with age.  The older I get, the more I like it.”

But don’t get me wrong, I love sports………

 

 

The rants will be off the air once again as my long-suffering wife and I are on the road again.  This time we are visiting friends from grad school days in Hawaii.

We will return in the middle of next week relaxed and jet-lagged.  My best guess for restarting the rants is sometime between October 9 and October 11.  See you then.

Stay safe and stay well, everyone…