The Phillies Should Stay Away from Harper and Machado

Baseballology

by Russ_Cohen - October 31, 20180

Bryce Harper and Manny Machado are both unrestricted free agents. Teams with a lot of money should think twice before hiring either of these players. One team, the Philadelphia Phillies, should stay far, far away. Manny Machado doesn’t hustle. Saying he doesn’t hustle is an understatement. Phillies fans used to get

Remembering Wee Willie Keeler

Baseballology

by Harvey Frommer - October 27, 2018October 27, 20180

With all the hype and hoopla about today’s mainly over-rated baseball players, with all the fuss about launch angles and shifts, “bullpenning” and instant replay over and over again by the non-stop talkers in the TV booths and on the field of play, it is refreshing to flash back to

The KHL World Cup Has Begun

Hockeyology

by Russ_Cohen - October 26, 20180

Vienna, Austria: Habsburg emperors, Strauss waltzes, coffee, and Sachertort. And, for the coming weekend, the home of the inaugural KHL World Games. Fittingly, in a city where history oozes from every pore, Vienna is set to welcome the oldest club in the KHL, Slovan Bratislava, as well as two giants of

Kit Rich on Hockey Exercises and More

by Russ_Cohen - October 25, 2018October 25, 20180

Kit Rich is known for being Jennifer Lawrence and Kesha’s trainer. I caught up with her to get some pointers and exercises for hockey players. Hockey is a unique sport. Players work on so many different planes. Skating on a blade, it’s different later movements. With that being said, and this is coming from my

Red Sox Flashback: The First World Championship

Baseballology

by Russ_Cohen - October 20, 2018October 20, 20180

With the Sox on the cusp of winning another World Series, with fans all over New England savoring the time, a look back to 1912 provides a marvelous historical treat. Business in Boston virtually shut down on September 23, 1912, as 100‚000 cheered the Red Sox returning from a western trip

Can the Brewers Win Despite Craig Counsell?

Baseballology

by Russ_Cohen - October 18, 2018October 18, 20180

Craig Counsell has done more than a few puzzling moves in this NLCS. At the age of 48, the young manager of the Milwaukee Brewers attempted to re-invent the game yesterday with a dumb move. Start Wade Miley, have him pitch to one batter and then switch and the Dodgers

Shoeless Joe and Ragtime Baseball

Baseballology

by Harvey Frommer - October 13, 20180

On July 16, 1889, Joseph Jefferson Wofford Jackson was born into a poor family in Greenville, South Carolina. He never learned to read or write. By the time he was six years old, he worked as a cleanup boy in the cotton mills. By age 13, he labored amidst the din

Who Will Be The Philadelphia Flyers Goalie In 2019?

Hockeyology

by Canada Sports Betting - October 10, 2018October 10, 20180

The Philadelphia Flyers will give Brian Elliott another shot at holding down the starting goalie position in 2018-19. History hasn’t been kind to Flyers goaltending since Bernie Parent and the Broad Street Bullies won a pair of cups in 1974 and 1975. Sites which offer NHL betting lines show Philadelphia

The Quarterback Class of 2018 Power Rankings

Footballology

by Russ_Cohen - October 8, 2018October 8, 20180

This may end up being the best quarterback class in the last 20 years. The rookies were 4-0 this week! This was a first for the Super Bowl Era. For now, we’ll rank the players progress so far: 1) Baker Mayfield has added a big spark to a losing franchise. He’s

How Far the Game Has Come

Baseballology

by Harvey Frommer - October 8, 2018October 8, 20180

With apologies to the great poet Robert Frost, the game was ours before we were the game’s. And the game goes on decade after decade and now into the 2018 baseball post-season it still continues as part of the fabric of American culture. Much, however, has changed in the national