Free Trade

The MLB non waiver trade deadline has passed. The Yanks got better: the Mets, meh. Like the NFL draft, it’s crazy to evaluate trades right after they happen. Some of the most obvious no-brainers turn out quite the opposite after a few years.Those prospects you...

A better deal for a supercar?

A friend of mine was looking for a new car. He called and said he didn’t know a lot about cars. He had been driving the same model for the last eight years and had gotten a lot of solicitations from other dealers telling him he could get a much better car for a...

Bruce!!!!

And we’re not talking Jay Bruce. I’m talking the Boss, Mr. Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen. Apparently the Walter Kerr theater reps are getting antsy because Bruce hasn’t given them what amounts to a set list. An article in the NY Post suggests...

Bob Wolff, R.I.P.

The great Bob Wolff has passed at the age of 96. If ever there was a man I would hope to model my career after, it would be Bob. You’ll see many eulogies and obits detailing his Hall of Fame accomplishments, the great games he called, the books he wrote, the...

Babbling Brooks

David Brooks wrote an Op-Ed piece in Friday’s New York Times about the phenomena of “bailing”, which he defines as skipping out on commitments at the last minute, often for no good reason. He posits that the Smartphone has made it easier to do this,...