Old-school news, just in time
by Kevin Burton Futility, barren and bleak as it gets, has been the hallmark of the Texas Rangers. But Wednesday, with the Yankees and Dodgers on their couches at home, The Rangers beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-0 to finish off a four-games-to-one, World Series win. World Series win. Texas Rangers? Yes indeed, …
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by Kevin Burton My mother doesn’t know anything about fantasy football, but she knows a lot about perseverance. Both truths were evident Monday night. I was watching Monday Night Football when she called, and she was still on the line with me when the game ended. To set the scene: …
by Kevin Burton Before she went to bed Sunday night I told my co-manager/wife that we had lost our Muppets of Beepball League fantasy football opener, because we trailed by 46 points. The opponent was out of players but all our K&J Silvers team had left was one running back and our defense. …
by Kevin Burton I just broke the all-time record for fastest to drop a player off a fantasy football roster. If you know fantasy, you know this is not a happy occasion. Footballs have not even begun to fly yet. That comes tomorrow when the defending Super Bowl champion Chiefs host Detroit. …
Continue reading “Kev’s Fantasy Football And Stupid Draft Tricks”
by Kevin Burton Trying to wrestle down he lighter-than-air 70s anthem “Philadelphia Freedom” by Elton John is like trying to tell a stranger ‘bout rock and roll. You kind of can’t. You can parse the words if you like, look into its origins, the elements that went into it. But in the end …
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by Kevin Burton It was just one pre-season game, so let’s not get crazy with this yet. But Deuce Vaughn may be about to silence his critics. I sure hope so. Vaughn was a consensus All-American running back at Kansas State in 2021 and a unanimous All-American last year, according to Wikipedia. …
by Kevin Burton Don’t know how much I will play at the 2023 Beep Baseball World Series or how well I will do. But I know one thing: My shoes will fit. And that’s a very good start. My high school math teacher wrote down “Yale” as a suggestion for where I …
Continue reading “My Big Feat, Finding Cleats For My Big Feet”
by Kevin Burton Serving up quibbles and bits for Saturday breakfast on Page 7. Stray ideas, quick hitters, random asides. It’s food for thought, albeit maybe not real deep thought….. So, I spent the first 90 percent of my workday Friday with a washcloth stuffed inside my shirt. I put on a …
Continue reading “I Guess Static Cling Is A Thing After All”
by Kevin Burton Eureka I say, eureka! I have my beep baseball problems figured out. In athletics they say, father time is undefeated, and that’s true. But all I need is a great idea, and an SOS, from ABBA. This is truly exciting! You’ve probably heard about ABBA Voyage, a virtual …
by Kevin Burton There were storms in the KAKE-land viewing area Thursday night, so I made a choice right away. I said and I meant it, that the very FIRST time our local ABC affiliate broke away from the NFL draft for something as frivolous as a storm warning, I was out. I …
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