April Surprises
By: Mike Carter One of my favorite songs is called “No Surprises” by a band called Radiohead. One of the most important lines in it is “no alarms and no…
2018 MLB Predictions
By: Mike Carter This is one of the most difficult things to write about in baseball. Who is going to win each division? For all the armchair prognosticating we like…
The Glory Days
By: Mike Carter I have come to realize that I am aging rapidly and that there is little I can do to slow the progression of time. I went out…
A Hall of Fame Outrage
By: Mike Carter I know almost everyone who follows the game of baseball will likely have an opinion, strong or weak, about the Hall of Fame. Most of the time,…
If I Had a Hall of Fame Ballot…
By: Mike Carter There is always lots of criticism and uncertainty about the players elected to the Hall of Fame every year. We debate who got in, should they have…
The Pain of the Off-Season
By: Mike Carter Now, the Rajah, as he was known, played 23 major league baseball seasons and compiled a career .358 batting average. An excellent ballplayer; a curmudgeon of a…
Postseason Thoughts and Predictions
By: Mike Carter We have lived six months of the baseball season. One hundred and sixty-two games up, and one hundred and sixty-two down. And the excitement is just beginning…
Slow Down
By: Mike Carter I don’t believe in much these days. Our world, our politicians, our way of living here blind in America. Men behind closed doors in our elected Congress…
April Surprises
By: Mike Carter Well, the first month of the 2017 major league baseball season wraps up today. What do we know? Not much, as the season is still very young…
9 Bold Predictions for the 2017 Season
By: Mike Carter It’s time for another edition of bold predictions, mist of which will not happen this year. Or any year. But let’s give it another shot with Spring…