There are things I enjoy watching: – sports – action/science fiction films – “Archer,” “The Big Bang Theory,” “The Walking Dead” – romantic comedies written by Nicholas Sparks When Erin brought up the idea of seeing The Lucky One, I agreed without knowing ahead of time exactly what I was in store for. As soon […]
…well, if you count the one game the Cardinals opened the season with in Miami. Concluding a rainy opening weekend here in St. Louis, the Cardinals won by a touchdown this afternoon against the rival Chicago Cubs, allowing them to take the rubber match of the series and avenging for a 9-5 loss on opening […]
The first week of the season’s come and gone, and I’m happy to report that the Cardinals managed to come out of Milwaukee with a 3-1 record (for the sake of convenience, I tend to start the sports week on Monday and end it on Sunday). Opening up with the first regular season game in […]
Oh, hi. Didn’t see you there. It’s been a while. Only five months, you say? Seems like an eternity. “How can you not be romantic about baseball?” Billy Beane asks in Moneyball, one of my favorite films of last year. I can’t really argue with him, and Opening Day is the ultimate in romance. It’s […]
So, a couple months ago I wrote a feature on Mastermind, a local company making an excellent line of vodka. If you missed it, here’s the article. I predicted that in time, Mastermind would become pretty big. Well, I’m happy to say that Mastermind has taken a couple of giant steps toward achieving that goal. […]
It’s a beautiful day for baseball, boys; let’s play two. On Friday, manager Mike Matheny made official his opening day roster. He waited until Friday so he could see how the battle for the backup catcher spot played out between Bryan Anderson and Tony Cruz. In the end, Cruz won out because of his prior […]
Unlike most people, I don’t hold a grudge against mindless action flicks. In fact, some of my favorite movies are epic action films that don’t require a whole lot of thought involved. When I heard that a sequel to Clash of the Titans was being made, I figured I’d give it a try. The original film was a […]
The last regular season baseball game I went to last summer was the August 22 game against the Dodgers. You may remember it well. The Cardinals had a 1-0 lead going into the ninth and manage to lose 2-1 en route to being swept by the team. As I stood on the Metrolink platform with […]
Well, here we are, with spring training well into its twilight (sidenote, I still shudder every time I write the word twilight), so with a week to go I thought I’d take a look at the status of the Birds. Most of the starters are locked in, but there are a few key position battles […]
When I first heard about the furor over a book franchise called “The Hunger Games,” I cringed. Young teenagers and women fawning over a fantasy/science fiction book series? I immediately thought of “Twilight” and the horror that that series has wrought on the self-confidence of men everywhere not named Robert Pattinson or Taylor Lautner. I was […]