Anyone who knows me know I’m not a sports fan in the sense of spending Sundays glued to the tube, checking stats or scores unless it’s a championship final. I do get into the culture and theatrical elements of the game. Sunday, I attended my first baseball game in many moons at Nationals [...]
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“As African-American players, we have a theory that baseball can go get an imitator and pass them off as us. It’s like they had to get some kind of dark faces, so they go to the Dominican or Venezuela because you can get them cheaper. It’s like, ‘Why should I get this kid from [...]
“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.”
“Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” a film by John Hughes
It’s pretty amazing how many people don’t finish the game in their 5th inning if you call life a game. This may sound like promotion [...]
There’s always a place in my heart for a “Cinderella team.” Congratulations to the Tampa Bay Rays.
My friend Ethelbert Miller’s walking up to the plate with his second memoir, The 5th Inning. When we’re not talking politics, Ethelbert’s been polishing up his memoir. Our mutual friend Andy Shallal, owner of Busboys and [...]
My mother was born in San Juan. So I’m Puerto Rican, Jewish, colored, and married to a white woman. When I move into a neighborhood, people start running in four ways at the same time.
I was dead serious when I suggested Sammy Davis, Jr. should be among the honored for his achievements in entertainment, [...]
