For those of you not familiar with Jasper Brinkley, I have a strong feeling that will soon change. This past March, the Arizona Cardinals signed Jasper Brinkley to a two…
Bruce Richard
First there was “Casey At The Bat,” a poem written in 1888 that tells the story of the moment of potential greatness. Then there was Abbott and Costello’s “Who’s On…
First there was “Casey At The Bat,” a poem written in 1888 that tells the story of the moment of potential greatness. Then there was Abbott and Costello’s “Who’s On…
Companies and organizations are constantly seeking the slogan that will transcend the product and become part of the societal lexicon. Over the years, there have been many catchy and iconic…
The Diamondbacks have been in a perpetual search for a closer. This season alone, we have seen the job move from J.J. Putz to Heath Bell to David Hernandez to…
Time for a hypothetical. Suppose Person A walks up to the same spot on the street each day at about the same time. Further suppose that Person B, who opposes…
There is a group of notorious professional athletes whose accomplishments on the field were tarnished by what happened off the field. As my tribute to Aaron Hernandez, formerly of the…
When baseball players are interviewed, their comments are filled with cliché after cliché about team, taking it one day at a time, and the like. If a player goes 4…
There is a group of notorious professional athletes whose accomplishments on the field were tarnished by what happened off the field. On July 26, I revealed numbers 9 and 10…
Justin Upton was the crown jewel of the Diamondbacks’ future. They even went so far as naming the right field bleachers in his honor, installing a large semi-permanent sign labeled…
