Tag Archive for ‘World Baseball Classic’
Something worthwhile
Of course, Americans, at least those unable to think big, cannot embrace what is happening around the world. Yes, the (World Baseball Classic) has its critics, but there are two distinguishing characteristics of the party poopers: they are overwhelmingly American and they overwhelmingly don’t actually attend or watch the event. They preach from Barcalounger pulpits […]
Online Overkill – week of March 8
Good, bad, annoying or indifferent, these are the stories that got the most play or not enough in my blog reader this week. The coming evangelical collapse. As much as I enjoy Michael Spencer’s Internet Monk blog, I thought he went a little thick with the sensationalism on his evangelical collapse posts back in January. […]
Buster Douglas of baseball
The World Baseball Classic arrived Tuesday night. Baseball became a truly global game when the Netherlands, the international baseball version of Buster Douglas, the 1980 U.S. hockey team and the Milan Indians rolled into one, put the tournament on the map by upsetting the heavily favored, star-studded Dominican Republic team, 2-1. Talk about shocking the […]