by Kevin Burton Years ago there was a series of Skin Bracer after shave commercials where somebody slaps the actor in the face and the actor responds, “Thanks, I needed that.” Remember those? It was a bracing wake-up call and somehow was supposed to sell the product. They had celebrities such as …
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Can Fantasy Football Save NFL Sundays?
by Kevin Burton How starved are you for NFL football? Did you watch the game last night? People you’ve never heard of wearing Dallas Cowboys uniforms vs people you’ve never heard of wearing Pittsburgh Steelers uniforms. Watered-down exhibition junk. Did you watch that? If I put on the uniform of one of …
Brighter Days And Plans That Work Out
by Kevin Burton Last month I assured my mother and the rest of the family that a certain cabinet would fit under a certain table. She was moving, in a hurry, and we were strategizing. She was going to assisted living, going from eight rooms to four. A lot of stuff would have …
Fifty Years On, Wings Has Mixed Legacy
by Kevin Burton Fifty years ago today Paul McCartney announced the formation of Paul McCartney and Wings. The move was a guaranteed winner and a guaranteed loser. A winner because any piece of music with McCartney’s name on it was going to get a listen. It was going to sell at least …
Vipers Alums Together In Hall Of Fame
by Kevin Burton More notes from the Beep Baseball World Series just competed Saturday: I did not know until the day before the ceremony that my longtime Columbus teammate and friend Rob Weigand was being inducted into the Beep Baseball Hall of Fame at the same time I was. I was notified …
The Hall Call That Pete Rose Never Got
by Kevin Burton An open letter to a “friend” of sorts, Pete Rose. Dear Pete, In my house I always had to defend you. My father didn’t respect you, said you got all your hits with two outs and nobody on and hit into double plays with men on. I never …
Legends Hang On, Beat Bayou City Heat
by Kevin Burton The USA Legends scored six in the top of the first, then held on to beat Bayou City 11-10 Friday. The win earned the team 11th place in the 2021 National Beep Baseball Association World Series. The grand experiment in AARP beepball netted four wins and four losses against younger …
Legends Fade Under The Wichita Heat
by Kevin Burton The following is not a Page 7 exclusive by any means, everybody knows it: in the sports world, Father Time is still undefeated. It is true in all sports, even baseball for the blind. Father Time administers a butt kicking even more consistently than the Indy Thunder. To …
3-1 Legends Face World Champion Thunder
by Kevin Burton The USA Legends ran their record to 3-1 at the 2021 Beep Baseball World Series with an 11-3 win over the Philadelphia Fire Wednesday. Leadoff batter Marvin Morgan continued his hot hitting with four runs in five at-bats to set the tone. The Legends have exceeded expectations thus far, …
Legends Win Twice, Play Philly Fire Next
by Kevin Burton My USA Legends got the game they needed to get Tuesday at the Beep Baseball World Series in Wichita. And I survived five hours of baseball after five years off. Game one of our tripleheader was a 4-3 win over Tyler. The Legends came back from a 3-1 deficit, …
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