Category Archives: Sports

The Best Ever?…or The Best So Far?

Posted on February 5, 2012 by Roy Van Til

The Best Ever…or the Best So Far? …The pitfalls of a rush to judgment I did get up (actually I also stayed up all night waiting for it to begin) for every stroke of that amazing battle between the two … Continue reading →

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Casey Stengel Haunts the World Cup

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Roy Van Til

Sometimes but actually very rarely in the world of sports there is an impossible result. No matter how unbalanced the talent or execution, in some sports such as ice hockey or soccer or baseball and a very few others where blind luck can play a monstrous and often sadistic role in reversing the expected outcome, the fates do seem to take over and the legends are created. Continue reading →

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Bitchin’ Rights

Posted on July 10, 2011 by Roy Van Til

Bitchin’ Rights   Roy Van Til   Vienna, Maine   July 2011   Welcome to a nation plagued by non-stop bitchin’.  Indeed, the whiners rarely pause for breath.  The self-pitying drone of gripers provides a background rumble of moaning that … Continue reading →

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