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Fidel Castro, quite a guy!

In the past few days, many readers have written me lengthy letters correcting my view of Fidel Castro as a murdering, heartless dictator. I appreciate their input in which I learned Castro wasn't really that bad, that I can't criticize him without considering the context he lived and ruled in, [...]

By | November 29th, 2016|35 Comments

Things athletes don’t know

To read my Tuesday column click here. 

By | November 28th, 2016|10 Comments

Lowell’s Hall of Fame picks

To read my Thursday column, click here. Happy Thanksgiving everyone.  

By | November 23rd, 2016|6 Comments

Quarterback “A” vs. Quarterback “B”

To read my Tuesday column, click here.

By | October 31st, 2016|9 Comments

KitchenAid is Dreadful

Here's my infuriating experience with KitchenAid. In 2013, my wife and I bought a range hood from KitchenAid, one of those undercabinet hoods that sits over the cooktop. It cost $764.10, a lot of money but we believed in KitchenAid. Within a year the hood broke. It made scary noises [...]

By | October 28th, 2016|20 Comments

Giants lose Game 1

To read my Giants column click here

By | October 8th, 2016|2 Comments

Bochy said

Bochy said trip from New York to Chicago was so long, "You'd think we were going to Europe."

By | October 7th, 2016|1 Comment

Wrigley scene

Sun fading over Chicago, glancing off the windows of the high rise buildings, giving the city an old gold glow. The field is perfect. Both teams warming up. Postseason baseball among the great things in life.

By | October 7th, 2016|0 Comments

Samardzija

You probably know already but Samardzija will pitch Game 2. Bochy said it's his turn plus he's familiar with Wrigley. Moore probably to  pitch Game 4.

By | October 7th, 2016|0 Comments

Joe Maddon

Maddon talks in half an hour. I've written this before but he and I are graduates of Lafayette College in Easton, PA. He graduated ten years after me. He grew up in Hazelton, PA. The family lived over his dad's plumbing shop -- their name had been shortened from Maddonini. [...]

By | October 7th, 2016|1 Comment