by Kevin Burton The Royals lost their season-opening baseball game to Minnesota 2-0 Thursday. The prediction I saw last week said the team would lose 103 games this year. So why am I newly pumped about the team? The team has promoted Jake Eisenberg, who had been doing play-by-play for its Omaha …
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Baseball Glory In April Could Easily Fade
by Kevin Burton So I woke up Monday morning and all my teams were in first place, Reds, Royals, Mariners. All three. Just wanted to say that while I can. None were tied for first either. All had very slim leads. All were still in front Tuesday. Now it’s Wednesday, top of …
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With Baseball, Here Comes The Sun
by Kevin Burton Baseball is back! In a virus-sick world where we can use some good news, I say this qualifies. Did you know birds that sing in the spring, sing about baseball? Spend time proving me wrong if you wish, but why? Instead, why not busy yourself wiping joy from your cheeks, …
Sports Hate Is A Thing, But What Is It?
by Kevin Burton My mother used to get on me for saying I “hated’ certain sports figures or teams. She wanted me to say instead that I didn’t appreciate this or that about them. Well OK, call it sports hate then. When I say I love my wife and I also love …
Atlanta “Hammers” Name Would Honor Hank
by Kevin Burton In January I wrote about the great Hank Aaron in the context of including Negro League Statistics as official MLB stats (“Of Hank Aaron, Uncle Pint And Statistics,” Jan. 16). Sadly Aaron died a few days later, on Jan. 22, at the age of 86. Shortly after that an …
Cleveland Indians Should Become “Blues”
by Kevin Burton Cleveland’s Major League Baseball franchise is doing the right thing by dropping the name “Indians,” but what should the new name be? The team, established in 1901, announced the move last month, following the lead of the Washington DC pro football franchise that dropped the name “Redskins.” These moves …
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