There was sad news in the world of sports this week with the announcement of Jesse Orosco’s retirement. That’s right, Jesse Orosco, the Methuselah of the major leagues.
That name may not mean much to you, but to me and the thousands of people my age who grew up as New York Mets fans, Orosco is a remnant of a better time, when the Mets’ future brimmed with promise.
If Orosco’s name rings a bell at all, the image you likely have in your head is of him throwing his glove in the air and collapsing on the mound as the Mets won the World Series. That was in 1986. Read More »
If you’re anything like me — and I hope you’re not, because I like to think of myself as special and unique in the good way too — then you are the kind of person who makes lots of New Year’s resolutions.
And if, indeed, you are like me, you’ve probably broken about three or four of them already.
Fret not, dear reader, for to err is human, and we here at Cheap Shots forgive you just as long as you forgive yourself. Read More »
So what was the most inspiring story from the final week of baseball’s regular season?
Was it the Cubs’ inspired play as they held off the Astros to take the NL Central?
Or was it Barry Bonds and his pursuit of 660 home runs and a place alongside his godfather, Willie Mays, at No. 3 on the all-time home run list? Read More »