September is my favorite month of the baseball season. From April through August I’m pretty much focused on two teams – the Twins and whoever they play that day. But when September rolls around and Labor Day is in the rear view mirror, I start to scan the baseball horizon in earnest and ponder the [...]
Arkansas man buys Honus Wagner baseball card for $1.62 million. My brothers and I spent many hours and many dollars collecting and trading cards. Alas, mom threw them all away when we moved to Minnesota.
“So, what’s going on?” Mike Lamb asked Nick Punto as teammate after teammate arrived in the Twins clubhouse with a covered dish Monday afternoon.
“Didn’t you get the memo?” asked Punto. “It’s our annual potluck dinner. Gardy figured since we have this big series with the White Sox, we could use all the luck we can [...]
I've been having one of those weeks. It started Sunday at the Dome when Scott Baker threw a gem and got zero run support, then progressed with a little bronchial thing that's settling in my chest and becoming a nasty summer cold. My daughter is involved in a leadership training program this week, so I've [...]
Jeff Pearlman catches up with Mike Lamb eight years after predicting a bright MLB future for him. Lamb sounds as though he's lacking a bit of urgency these days.
"I get paid a lot of money to play baseball, and it's a wonderful living. But I didn't hear [daughter] Kayla's first words. That kills me... and [...]
Evangelical leader James Dobson accuses Obama of distorting the Bible.
Forget about Biblical inerrency. Apparently, context matters after all. When it's politically expedient, anyway.
Same-sex weddings could create hundreds of new jobs and pump hundreds of millions of dollars into California's economy, according to a new study released Monday. Why, it's a veritable panacea for the alleged recession.
Situation: Game tied, top of the 10th inning, 2 outs, bases empty, Hamilton batting.
Count: 3 balls, 2 strikes.
Pitch location: Wheelhouse.
Forget about the fleece, gold lamé is the way to go. I'm sure glad I wasn't the fact checker on this story.
Bush envisions a democratic Middle East free of oppression. And I envision living on the Big Rock Candy Mountain. Which is just about as likely.
Eleven year old Wisconsin girl dies of treatable diabetes after parents call on God, but refuse to call doctor. I'm sorry, but I have to believe He wants us to use our God-given intelligence.
Now where's that coffee pot? I have to call my wife.
It turns out beauty isn't all that subjective. For instance, Jessica Alba's not a 10, she's a 103.
Howard Beale, where are you when we need you? Americans say old media out of touch; turn to Internet as primary news source.
I just logged on to check a few things and was saddened to see that Joe Nuxhall died. It’s like that as you get older, I know. Grandparents and parents, aunts and uncles, neighbors and family friends. The ones we called grownups as children one by one disappear and only the memory, a dim reminder [...]
Grass is being planted and yard work is being done.
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