The Balancing Act of Coaching Youth Sports
As the world becomes younger and more diverse, we are seeing shifts across the board in nearly every field, including one of the pillars of the US which is youth […]
Baseball Sucks and the Unwritten Rules are Stupid
This column is coming later than it should, but same premise still stands. One of my biggest gripes with baseball is the unwritten rules. Talk to baseball purists and those […]
Hotard Huddle’s 10 Best Video Game Athletes
Recently, my buddy challenged me to do one of the FB 10 day posts where you put a picture of something without explanation. I got through two days and said […]
Happy Father’s Day – Still Real to You Damnit
Today, we celebrate fathers everywhere. To the ones who answered the call, you’re the real heroes. I know I wouldn’t be the man I am today without my dad. Sure, […]
Ultimate Fictional Baseball Team (Movies) with Simulated Results
In a recent video, you may have heard me say how much I hate baseball. It is more the state of baseball than anything else. Too many purists. It is […]
Letter to My High School Self
Dear Michael, Can I call you Michael? Fuck it. I am going to. Even though I know how much you hated it. That hasn’t changed much. 15 years ago, you […]
Lesson Learned: There’s No Shame in Being a Benchwarmer
Fantasies of my children playing sports fill my head as a father. Sports played a monumental role in my childhood and the person I am today, as is the case […]
Itching Your Sports Needs During Coronavirus Lockdown
It has been a weird couple of weeks without sports. I don’t think that is any secret for my fellow sports fans right now. NBA Fans should be prepping for […]
Baseball Sucks
If you read this blog regularly or if you hang around me, you may notice that every time someone mentions baseball, my response is “baseball sucks.” It is odd coming […]
“Our job is to teach them to want come back the next day because they enjoyed it.” -Joe Girardi
“Our job is to teach them to want come back the next day because they enjoyed it.” This is a direct quote from former Yankees Manager and World Series Champion Joe Girardi and holy shit, I could not agree more. On a video I came across on Facebook, he was discussing how to approach youth sports with Hall of Famer […]
How Major League Baseball could breathe new life
It is no secret that Major League Baseball is not my cup of tea. In fact, I pretty much hate everything about the league. The season is far too long. It refuses to adapt to the times. It has the most stupid unwritten rules. It is a bunch of grown ass men acting like a bunch bitches… “I don’t like […]
Coaching By Casey
Not every athlete gets an opportunity to play professional or college ball for a major program. When that chance does happen, you cherish the moments and drink it all in. That is exactly what my good friend Casey Rodrigue did with his career in baseball. Casey’s career took him all the way to the Frontier League, a professional independent league. […]
When it comes to Tebow, media and fans are all asshats
Tim Tebow is one of the most polarizing athletes I have ever seen in my 25 years on this planet. Still to this day, I will vehemently defend the sentiment that he is the greatest college football player I have seen. His time playing for the Florida Gators under Urban Meyer was nothing short of legendary. I feel it is […]
The Revolution has begun
If you ask the casual sports fan about baseball, they give the same reguritated response, “boring.” If you don’t believe me, the TV ratings speak for themselves. Let’s take a look at the numbers for the grandest stage in baseball, the World Series. Between the late 80’s and early 90’s, the World Series carried anywhere from 33 to 36 million […]
