Billy Paultz Reconsidered

It’s apparently going to happen. Here’s a topic for discussion: If you were Calipari, would you go to Kentucky?
I know what you’re saying- It’s about the money, dummy. Which is of course true, but I’m thinking deeper than that: Why do people gamble happiness for cash when they already have more of it than anybody needs?
To some extent, I suspect, […]

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In which the best annual event in American sports tops itself (again)…
Lordy, what a great basketball game, tight and fiercely contested for 40 minutes. Verne Lundquist mentioned this one in the same breath Duke-Kentucky ‘92. That’ll be seen as sacreligious by some, but not me.
I have no idea if tonight’s classic was anywhere near the greatest […]

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We’re in the office for a long Saturday. Observations:
Can’t say it broke my heart to see Arizona, the team that supposedly justified its at-large bid by beating Utah and Cleveland State, get slapped silly by Louisville last night….
Had a very strange interview with very strange Darren Daulton this morning. He was doing a card show in Ephrata.
Somebody […]

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My brackets are now history (thanks, West Virginia), which is almost a relief, in that now I can just forget about them and enjoy the hoops.
Anyway, I spent the last few days at the games in Philly. Observations:
*It seems to me that most of the best high school players around here (meaning south-central Pa.) aren’t good […]

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First: I’m back, and reasonably happy to be, from a week’s vacation. Nothing to add, really.
As to the Dance,  I find it interesting that the debate over who’s in and out starts with a goes-without-saying assumption, which is that creating the strongest field possible is the only thing that can or should matter. I’m sure that […]

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It seems legitimate to me to wonder how much PEDs actually work - how much they actually improve performance.
In that vein consider the following piece by FOBPR Bill James. In it, James comes up with a method of rating the most unusual careers in baseball history by assigning point values to a variety of very […]

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I was reading the Jan. ‘09 Reader’s Digest in a doctor’s office today. They did a feature where they asked various “leaders,” to give our new president advice.
Guess who wrote the following:
“A top priority will be to create a White House where forceful argument can take place. Plain speaking, straight talk and dissent must be […]

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Here’s the latest “Low Post,” sans Starkie (who’s vacationing at spring training:

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I believe that at last last we’ve figured out how to post video. So, here’s a “Low Post” segment from a couple week ago about Starkie’s and my favorite sports movies:

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