Today, the Texas Rangers begin their defense of their consecutive division titles. In both cases, they lost to the Toronto Blue Jays in the playoffs because they mistakenly converted the baselines to metric and 90 meters (or “metres”) made it more difficult to let out an infield single.The Rangers, as usual, will be introducing some new dishes and let…
We have much to be thankful for this week.I, for instance, went to AT&T Stadium to see how the Cowboys were getting ready for Thursday’s game.They’re getting ready by doing a lot of cooking, but it left me with a lot of questions:Where’s the extra turkey legs? Where’s the extra turkey…
About five hours before game one of the American Division Series started Thursday morning, fans started tailgating outside Globe Life Park.”Things didn’t go so well last year, but I think they’ll make it to the World Series,” one fan told me.Another fan would explain, “They’re not only a better team this year, I think they…
Each Spring, the Texas Rangers host a media day so reporters can try their new concessions (for the good of journalism, you know, transparency) and to show off improvements to the ballpark. They put a lot of work into this event. I mean, they forged freakin’ souvenir bats for all of the new dishes!Imagine Josh Hamilton going through a…
Loyal Scaiaholics are surely furious at the lack of activity on this blog. I understand. I’ve been busy at work. Even as I’m writing this, I’m sitting at Globe Life Park, saddled with the hassle of covering playoff baseball.The Toronto Blue Jays have a commanding lead, though, and that has given me some free time to…
Typically, I use this blog as the goof-off space for the hilarious “B” stories I encounter in my role as a journalist. As a result, many of you may not be familiar with some of the more serious work I pursue. For instance, I’ve recently written several stories on how Ft. Worth’s inaction on mass transit left…