You could stop wondering how many calories Pete Alonso burned on his home run trots now; how missing the playoffs helps you look better in wedding photos; if you hate seeing a TV character get embarrassed, you really hate the Wild Card games
Evaluator: Matthew Ellis Report Date: 08/21/2019 Dates Seen: 08/20/2019 OFP: 10 MLB ETA: 2024 Video: Senator Bernie Sanders plays baseball at Iowa's "Field of Dreams." pic.twitter.com/566f4lkPK6 — The Hill (@thehill) August 20, 2019 Mechanics: Quite fluid delivery, quick start/stop motion. Sets up strong with right leg, frontloads his upper body weight to increase velocity, could…
My 12 year old was in an opera in Cedar Rapids this weekend about Grant Wood. They needed some kids to sing and dance and be part of Wood’s grade school class for a scene from his life as a teacher, before he got successful, and my son jumped at the chance. He’s very into…
As the Dodgers and Rockies began their tiebreaker game, I filed into an auditorium that was both too hot and too cold to listen to Ken Burns give a lecture titled “Sharing The American Experience.” As a baseball fan and somebody who studies American history, Ken Burns has long been a figure that people assume…
On Saturday, the Mariners won 13-0 against the Texas Rangers for their 85th win of the season, and were officially eliminated from postseason contention. On Sunday I woke up very early (for me, a child-free person who works late at night) and drove to Kent, about half an hour outside Seattle, to watch my friend…
Reading through the number of apologies issued by players and organizations these past few weeks has reminded me of sitting down with a stack of students’ papers to grade. They’re filled with errors, products of players who have never had to apologize for anything, just as students litter papers with common errors, each the mark…