sports
"The Bronx is Burning"
ESPN is running a marathon of its miniseries about the 1977 New York Yankees. It is very watchable. John Turturro is fantastic, losing himself in the role of Billy Martin, the wily, self-destructive manager with a chip on his shoulder. Oliver Platt is less irritating than usual as owner George Steinbrenner, depressingly younger in 1977 […]
accountability
A lot of excitement today about Andy Pettitte “coming clean” and admitting to the use of human growth hormone. From the Sunday New York Post: “In 2002 I was injured,” the statement said. “I had heard that human growth hormone could promote faster healing for my elbow. I felt an obligation to get back to […]
‘roids
The Mitchell report on steroids in baseball is coming out today, and word is leaking that Roger Clemens is in there. I never thought that, in the World Series, when Clemens took Piazza’s shattered bat and hurled it back at him, it was just the spirit of competition. I feel the same way about Kenny […]
Bowie Kuhn, Hall of Famer
The veterans committee seems to have clamped down and made it harder for players to get in, ever since Mazeroski somehow slipped by them. So Santo, Hodges, and Torre remain out. In the meantime, they’ve adjusted the rules to make it easier for executives and pioneers, and the committee has gone hog wild honoring its […]
Foul!
Connie Hawkins was one of my two favorite basketball players of all time. He landed with the Lakers after squandering his talents with the Globetrotters and then in the old ABA, followed by a great run with the Phoenix Suns. By the time, he got here, the Hawk was still capable of dominating games in […]
Jack Silbert, curator