The Hoos reacted to a Tech Internet columnist publicly proclaiming his support by losing to Arkansas in the College World Series. The announcement by a Tech fan that he was a closet supporter of Hoo baseball had something other than a positive effect on the Hoo team, as a blown late-game lead, a flurry of [...]

I have a confession to make. It is a very difficult admission, especially considering the image I have tried very hard to project over the years. But, I feel I must come clean. As I have for the last several years, I am enjoying watching the College World Series. That is nothing new. The dirty [...]

The local rag ceased its daily delivery to my house last week. This would hardly seem grounds for commentary; after all, I am certainly not the first person to discontinue a subscription to his local paper. What makes it perhaps a bit unusual is that I had canceled my subscription last September. They had delivered [...]

In June of 1870 French Prime Minister Emile Ollivier gazed across the European landscape and declared, “at no period has the maintenance of peace seemed better assured.” Seconds later the Prussian army came crashing across the Rhine. Not long after that, what was by then the German Army was marching triumphantly down the Avenue des [...]

Last Saturday night began my annual month or so of actually paying attention to college baseball. Not by coincidence, this period of time just happens to coincide with the NCAA playoffs and College World Series. Well, it beats the NBA playoffs, although there was amusement to be found from watching King James storm off the [...]