Don't Need No Credit Card to Ride This Train A consideration of coolness and music, followed by some Huey Lewis and the News talk

Check out my new post thinking about “coolness” in music, segueing into some Huey Lewis talk.

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RBC Heritage Recap Looking back on the tournament in Hilton Head, SC won by Matt Fitzpatrick

Check out my look back on the RBC Heritage tournament. Please share, like, and subscribe to my golf newsletter!

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2023 and 2025. Like come on dude.

Three Up: April 17-19 Could we be seeing a World Series straight out of the late 1990s? So far, we seem to be heading that way.

My thoughts emerging from this weekend’s baseball action

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Three Down: April 17-19 The best matchups in baseball this weekend, including an interleague showdown between the class of the AL East and NL Central.

My picks for the three series to watch this weekend in the MLB.

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Looking at the (potential) end of this Houston Astros run and what’s behind it.

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RBC Heritage Preview A different kind of course following Augusta as golfers will need to be precise to have a chance to win.

Moving on from Augusta and the Masters, I’ve got a little preview of the RBC Heritage!

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The Twins Are Here (For Now) How Minnesota finds itself atop the AL Central at this early point in the season

Minnesota’s tied for first place in the AL Central! How are they doing it?

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Three Up: April 10-12 Some streaks (winning and losing) as well as an ace emerging in Southern California

My thoughts on the MLB action this weekend (perhaps a bit lacking as I was distracted by the Masters).

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#Mets absolutely wasted that great Nolan McLean start #MLB

Three Down: April 10-12 Can Texas’ rotation keep them afloat against the Dodgers?

What I’ll be looking for during this weekend’s MLB slate

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What to make of the Royals' slow start It's not a disaster in Kansas City, but there are some warning signs.

Check out my new post on what’s going on in Kansas City, and how the Royals can get back on track.

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An... interesting day do be doing parent-teacher conferences.

Three Up: April 3-5 Some big-name teams struggling to start the season, and the promise that is showing in Pittsburgh.

My post looking back on this weekend in MLB action

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A quite New York coded Easter meal—pastrami sandwich, egg cream, and spumoni.

Three Down: April 3-5 The three series I'll be paying close attention to this coming weekend, including two interleague matchups.

The three MLB matchups this weekend that I think will be the most intriguing.

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Gotta love that what I would do anyways (support Bruce Springsteen) also functions as an act of resisting Trump

A Hot Start in Miami Looking at the most surprising team with only one loss so far this MLB season.

A quick piece on the most surprising 5-1 team in baseball

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Pavement/GBV: Whose Era? Revisiting a conceit/framework and thinking about two of the most important alternative bands of the 1990s

Check out my latest in which I think about what seminal 90s alternative band really defined that moment—Pavement or Guided by Voices?

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Three Up: March 30th Starting of a recurring feature (the three takeaways from the previous weekend's action) by looking at walk offs and hot starts in Major League Baseball.

Hot off the proverbial presses—a new, weekly feature in which I look back at the weekend in baseball and generate three points/takeaways. Here’s the first one of the season!

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Two pitchers duels for the Metropolitans after all those runs against Skenes

Langeliers absolutely demolished that pitch.

Around the Diamond: March 27, 2026 Some of the highlights from the first full day of action in Major League Baseball's 2026 regular season.

What I noticed in the first full day of MLB action

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Woof.

Opening Night in the Majors Netflix provides us with our introduction to the 2026 MLB season as the Yankees defeat the Giants at Oracle Park in San Francisco

Some overreactions and over-extrapolations from opening night in Major League Baseball.

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Will add my voice to the chorus wondering why it looks so smoky at Oracle Park tonight?

In Between Days My 2026 MLB season portfolio of teams.

Check out my latest on the team (or teams) I’ll be giving my interest to this MLB season (given the delightful situation involving the A’s abandoning Oakland and setting up in a minor league stadium…)

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"Lookin' Out My Back Door" by CCR

Top 25 Billy Joel Songs Giving up some of my cool points/hipster credibility and highlighting my 25 favorite songs from Long Island legend and subject of a recent HBO documentary.

Check out my new post in which I’m quite uncool but also count down my Top 25 Billy Joel songs.

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