A fungo bat is used by a coach to hit balls for fielding practice. Old Coot has hit thousands of fungos over the years. In these posts a...

Those are glorious words. To the baseball fan it is a Happy New Year, a time to start anew. Every team is tied for first, and visions of...

Our fourth day featured a visit to Salt River Fields at Talking Stick. It was my first visit to this facility, and it jumped to the top...

We were back in Surprise Stadium for day 3 to watch the Rangers take on the Cincinnati Reds. The Reds have an exciting young team, with a...

I love a flyover after the National Anthem at a baseball game. It gives me goosebumps every time. At Surprise Stadium, the spring...

A lengthy delay due to a wreck involving two 18 wheelers turned a 10 hour trip into a 14 hour adventure. Traffic was backed up for miles....

After sorting through all the entries submitted in the Boomer Challenge, we are proud to announce the 2025 contest winners. Bronze - Ken...

I hope you enjoyed yesterday’s posting which highlighted some of the best nicknames delivered by the great Chris Berman. Today I want to...

I was listening to a discussion on the baseball channel of my XM radio and they were talking about the upcoming start of the baseball ...

This is the final edition of a series discussing sports figures who passed away in 2024. Part one covered Texas Rangers; Part two, other...

A couple of weeks ago I wrote about Texas Rangers players who passed away in 2024. Today I would like to share memories of some other...

Cue Etta James! As the music plays, smile and sing. “At Last - baseball has come along. My boring days are over and life is like a song”...

That’s what Rob Pelinka told Niko Harrison a few days ago. Unfortunately, the deal was done. After last night’s Los Angeles debut for...

In my Sunday post, I correctly predicted that the Eagles would win the Super Bowl. It’s not what I wanted to happen; I just believed...

That is an intentional misspelling. Copyright laws do not permit me to use the actual spelling for publication. It has all come down to...

Are you a fan of the shirt or the player inside it? Do you pick a team and cheer for it no matter what or do you pick a favorite player...

Do you hear the noise of a celebration coming from the metroplex? That’s the sound of a party that Jerry Jones is having because he’s no...

That’s a hit song released in1977 by the rock group Kansas. Saturday it represented the feelings of Jayhawks fans who watched their team...

For the first time in many years the Mavericks didn’t have any representatives on the NBA All-Star game roster. In order to remedy that...

I recently looked back at a list of sports figures who passed away in 2024. Today I would like to share some reflections on the Texas...