I had the pleasure of getting an advance screening out a new documentary, “Out. The Glenn Burke Story.” My review is here (I call it a must-see). Burke was a Major League Baseball player with the Dodgers and Athletics, who was widely known while playing as being gay. The documentary does a great job of [...]
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Giants win first World Series since 1954
The San Francisco Giants beat the Texas Rangers, 3-1, to win the World Series in five games. It was the Giants first World Series title since 1954 and first since moving to San Francisco in 1958. It was a dominant series for the Giants, who won the first two games easily and recorded two shutouts. [...]
No Yankees. No Phillies. No problem.
Just a week or so ago, most people were probably imagining a rematch of last year’s Fall Classic participants, the New York Yankees and the Philadelphia Phillies. Alas, both teams failed to win there respective leagues and instead the uncanny San Francisco Giants and the resilient Texas Rangers are facing off in the 2010 World [...]
Giants rip Rangers in World Series opener
A lot of people picked the Texas Rangers to win the World Series over the San Francisco Giants based on Cliff Lee starting and winning two games. So much for that theory. Lee lasted only five innings and gave up five runs as the Giants blasted the Rangers, 11-7, in Game 1 of the World [...]
World Series set: Giants vs. Rangers
You would have made a lot of money had you bet before the season that the World Series would pit the Texas Rangers against the San Francisco Giants. But that’s the reality after both teams won their league championship series in six games. On Friday, the Rangers beat the Yankees, 6-1, and on Saturday the [...]
NFL beats baseball playoffs in ratings
The truly awful Monday Night Football game between the Jacksonville Jaguars and Tennessee Titans still managed to attract more TV viewers than did Game 3 of the ALCS between the Texas Rangers and New York Yankees. I know the NFL is king, but even I was surprised. New York (No. 1) and Dallas-Fort Worth (No. [...]
Lincecum or Halladay: Whose balls to face?
Personally, I would prefer to face Ian Kinsler’s balls but he isn’t a pitcher so that is for a completely different forum. The American and National League Championship Series is about to begin and all of the pitching match ups are intriguing. The Bear vs. The Twink: What better drama than Roy Halladay, the seasoned [...]
Phillies’ Roy Halladay pitches no-hitter
Until Wednesday, there had been only one no-hitter in the postseason history of Major League Baseball — Don Larsen’s perfect game for the New York Yankees in 1956. Make that two. Roy Halladay of the Philadelphia Phillies was masterful in pitching a no-hitter against the Cincinnati Reds in Game 1 of their National League playoff [...]
Baseball or boyfriend?
This is a tough weekend to be a baseball fan and a loving boyfriend. Personally, I have a few conflicts… First conflict: My sister is coming to town for the weekend and she is excited about the big art extravaganza taking place just a stone’s throw from Turner Field where the Atlanta Braves will be [...]
Columnist doesn’t want to see men kissing
Let’s give David Whitley of MLB Fanhouse the award for “Most Homophobic Column Written By a Guy Who Claims He’s Not Homophobic.” Whitley penned an offensive piece of drivel where he discussed how bothered he was by the St. Louis Cardinals possibly showing a same-sex kiss on “Kiss Cam.” I’d like to take the socially [...]
Things are getting wild (Spoiler alert!)
This time of year separates the men from the boys so to speak. Either your team is in it or you are watching from the bench. With less than two weeks to play, there are only four teams left in the American League with post season aspirations, five if you count the Boston Red Sox [...]
Does watching ‘Glee’ make you gay?
I have been very frustrated with the way the Atlanta Braves have been playing the past couple of weeks. I never thought the Braves were going to run away with the National League East nor did I expect the Phillies were going to fade away. In fact I expect the race for this division to [...]
Umpire ejects fan for homophobic slur
National League umpire Bob Davidson ejected a fan in Milwaukee on Tuesday after he said the fan used a homophobic slur against St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina. Davidson said he decided to throw out 44-year-old Sean A. Ottow of Waukesha, Wis., in the bottom of the seventh inning Tuesday night because he wanted to [...]
Pitchers rule and the rookies are hot
Need a little more baseball water cooler talk? Feel like the playoffs will never be here or have you already started thinking college football and the NFL? This is the time of year where the true baseball fans stand out. With one of the longest regular seasons in all of sports, Major League Baseball is [...]
Van Raaphorst speaks to Edmonton sports group
Billy Van Raaphorst, the openly gay umpire who was the subject of a homophobic tirade by a manager who has since lost his job, spoke in Edmonton last weekend. What is cool is that Van Raaphorst was invited to Edmonton by the company that owns the NHL’s Edmonton Oilers and the Edmonton Capitals, the minor [...]
Gay umpire overwhelmed by positive response
Openly gay umpire Billy Van Raaphorst, the subject of a homophobic rant by a manager, was back on the diamond last weekend for the first time since the incident and the news was that there was no news on the field. Off of it, Van Raaphorst has been deluged with positive reaction. “It was good [...]
Manager out after anti-gay rant against umpire
The manager of the minor league baseball team Edmonton Capitals is out of a job after a homophobic rant against an openly gay umpire, where he repeatedly used the term “faggot.” Brent Bowers resigned, the team said Saturday, after the league had decided to suspend him for the rest of the season for his verbal [...]
Blog: My Boyfriend Likes Baseball
I came across a cool blog a while back written by two guys in Atlanta called My Boyfriend Likes Baseball. Kevin Hart is the guy who likes baseball (especially the Braves), while his partner Joey Orr has become a fan thanks to Kevin. I asked them to write an article about the blog, their relationship [...]
The Mets, Lady Gaga and Jerry Seinfeld
Lady Gaga went gonzo at a Mets game the other day, popping the finger to photographers and then making out with a woman (much more interesting than a Mets game). The Mets moved her from her original seats since she was being besieged by paparazzi. This is where Jerry Seinfeld comes in. She was moved [...]
Umpire’s blown call costs perfect game
Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga was chasing a perfect game Wednesday. He had retired the first 26 Cleveland Indians he had faced, and the 27th batter, Jason Donald, hit a ball down the first base line. Miguel Cabrera, fielded it and tossed to Galarraga, whose touched the bag first. Perfect game? Nope. “Safe,” yelled umpire [...]