“There is nobody as enslaved as the fanatic, the person whom in one impulse, one value, assumes ascendancy over all others.” -Milton R. Sapirstein
There are few things more aggravating than trying to escape mushrooming media hype of a story you just don’t want to hear. The internet is a demon the day immediately after your [...]
The Tampa Bay Rays are in the World Series. First pitch is in about 5 minutes and then it will be official. They are the Cinderella team, the feel good story, the team that went from worst to first, winning the AL despite one of the smallest payrolls in the majors. [...]
A weird thing happened. Two weeks ago, the Tampa Bay Rays were on top of the world. They were the cute story of baseball’s first half – even getting a bandwagon all to themselves. This latest development made me gag, but before I was even done heaving, something had changed. The Rays seven-game winning streak [...]
