Zinno in a little batting practice (and trash-talking session) with 2-time ESPY Winner and 3-time National Champion Taryne Mowatt. Taryne is now a professional softball pitcher ... and a knock-out! Enjoy!
Gone too young
Tony Fein...what a tragic story.Whatever the circumstances, 27 is far too young to die. In his honor, I post the classic poem below.Tony, we hardly knew ye.ODE TO AN ATHLETE DYING YOUNGby Alfred Edward Housman (1859–1936)The time you won your town the raceWe chaired you through the market-place;Man and boy stood cheering by,And home we [...]
How 'bout them Eagles?
Given the busy sports menu this time of year, there are many stories that sort of slip thru the cracks.This is one of them.At Owings Mills High School, football season was not a happy time. The Eagles had not won a football game in five years. Their losing streak had reached 53 games, the longest [...]
Here we go again....
That's right, Brett Favre is coming out of retirement...again. (Stop me if you've heard this one before!)He is a truly great player, one of the best of his era, and he will be enshrined in Canton one day. However, a legitimate question must be raised here: has he tarnished his legacy?Twenty years from now, will [...]
D MASE WILL BE MISSED
Like the rest of you, I was sent reeling late today by the news of Derrick Mason's sudden retirement.The man exuded class and dignity, and played the game like a man possessed. Who can forget him valliantly strapping his shredded shoulder up last season and going out to play every sunday? It was one of [...]
Just pay me...
We spent the entire show today talking about Wieters' home run and the ensuing furor over the fan who caught the ball. The Orioles say he agreed to give the ball to Wieters in exchange for a couple autographed items, but then tried to up the ante a little later.That, at least to me, raises [...]
