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Orange County is my home, so it kills me that my hometown baseball team — the Angels — pretends to be in Los Angeles when it is not. Even worse is when the franchise admits to its own fans the stupidity of its name. Case in point, this email I just received from the Angels: [...]

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If you’ve ever watched a baseball game, you’ve probably heard that absurd disclaimer that “express written permission” is needed to give an account of a game. Well, Major League Baseball — the US Federal Communications Commission has happily ignored your rule. First, the disclaimer. A writer at the Consumerist did a funny look at this [...]

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My boys were playing baseball today. Just up and decided to play all by themselves, which is a pretty big thrill for an American dad living in England. OK, I’m a sports idiot, as I’ve written before. But I like baseball, going to the odd game on occasion, or pretending I know how to actually [...]

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