The Severed Cortex

His daughter must be devastated. I feel for her. This is a very nice article and it deserves to be on the front page. If you want to understand why this country values greed and selfishness look no further than this example. A man who has influenced… more »

Dave Duncan, the pitching guru that makes mediocre pitchers into good pitchers, will get one more year to team up with Tony LaRussa and hopefully bring home a world championship. You can't argue with Duncan's track record, but I sure don't like the kind… more »

In case you didn't know, Roberto Clemente got his 3000th hit on the last day of the 1972 season. Three months later he was on a plane to Nicaragua on a charity mission when his plane crashed. Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams, Babe Ruth, and Ty… more »

Well, maybe not this year. The Cubs, unfortunately, look unstoppable in the National League. I still like the idea of them getting to the World Series only to lose. I wouldn't mind a nice 3 and out in the divisional series either. Really anything tha… more »

Major League Baseball has been around for more than 125 years and it always seems like something new happens every year. This is one of the reasons I like baseball as much as I do. I'm not sure if this is actually something new, but it does seem somewh… more »

Sad. ... and so the memories of Thurman Munson come back. Strangely, my dad and I just talked about the PA announcement of Munson's death while we were attending a Memphis Chicks game. I guess this means I should read the Murcer biography sitting on… more »

Not often do you see a 33 year old pitcher with a winning record and a sub 4.00 ERA retire, but it's been clear for about a year or better that Matt had lost his edge. I think he really lost it after the shoulder surgery even though the bullpen plan the… more »

I'm in Fort Lauderdale, FL on a business trip and tonight we decided to roll over to Dolphins Stadium to watch the Marlins-Dodgers game. The last time I was in this stadium it was called Pro Player and I witnessed baseball history with the only instant… more »

He's probably done for his career. more »