MLB Instant Replay: It’s Time For Traditionalists To Accept The Bad With The Good
The hide-bound traditionalists who kept extensive baseball video replay from becoming a reality for years have to take their medicine this spring.
Remembering Tim Sassone, First Among Equals on the Blackhawks Beat
Tim Sassone was a good man in a tough business, one of the best hockey writers of the modern times, and unrivaled on the Chicago Blackhawks beat.
A Marriage of Fantasy Baseball and Old-School Pick-’em Style
Longtime sportswriter George Castle has just drafted his first fantasy baseball team and shares how a pro drafts players the old school.
If You Have Her Dad’s Voice, Please Contact Leigh Ann Young
Leigh Ann Young is on a quest to find a tape of her late father’s voice, a part of him she doesn’t remember and can’t recreate through the memories of others.
Independent Leagues Now Feature Affordability Once Common in MLB
With Major League Baseball growing more financially restrictive, baseball in the independent leagues is thriving thanks to affordability once common to the Big Leagues.
Wussification of Baseball is a Hazard With New Rules
With new home plate collision rules, the wussification of baseball continues to move the MLB away from its history and closer to the NFL – the No Fun League.
Kid Writers’ Stance Another Shot Across the Bow for Baseball
I decided to do a column on young folks’ sports and media interests. What I found out should worry Bud Selig and his 2015 successor.
Outwardly Glamorous, Warm Spring Training has Flip Sides
George Castle gives a unique behind-the-scenes look at the less glamorous side of covering spring training.