It was just time. A pro baseball career that started in 1992 ended on Thursday. In 2019. Between those first cuts for the Orix BlueWave and his final at-bat as a Seattle Mariner in Tokyo, Ichiro Suzuki was as revolutionary as he was refreshing to the game of baseball. For those who see baseball strictly […]
“Money, it’s a gas; grab that cash with both hands and make a stash” “Money” by Pink Floyd So, ESPN’s Jeff Passan is reporting that Mike Trout is going to get paid. Like hella paid. The reported terms are 12 years and over $430 million. For perspective, Bryce Harper recently signed a 13-year deal worth […]
It’s March 16. Or 3/16. Or 3.16. Or 3:16. Thanks to an iconic quip from “Stone Cold” Steve Austin, almost 23 years ago, the numbers 3 and 16 are very closely associated with him, at least in WWF/WWE canon and also in some wrinkles of pop culture. While Austin was working heel (bad guy) at […]
“Be mine, sister salvation. Closer now, see the revelation.” “Juke Joint Jezebel” by KMFDM Eventually I’ll tap on a song that wasn’t released in the 1990s, but there were a few days during the week where angst levels needed angry synth beats to sooth them. Enter this ditty. If you know one song from KMFDM, […]
“Nice to know that someone hears us; it’s good to know somebody’s there.” – “Seven Thirty-Seven/Shoe Glue” by The Mighty Mighty BossTones There are times when the inspiration to dig out a favorite song or album comes from a weird place. As a 90s teenager that caught the ska bug, there were few bands more […]
“If I lose you; could you find me? Or would you walk right by me?” – “Feel to Believe” by Beth Orton All it took was an Instagram post to jog my memory to the fact that one of the seminal albums of my early adult years was released 20 years ago this week. View […]
Thank you SteelerNation for a big 9 years…time to move on and forward……….✌🏽 #NewDemands pic.twitter.com/fbIoFNdqK4 — Antonio Brown (@AB84) February 12, 2019 Through nine seasons and what has felt like an eternity since Week 17, Antonio Brown declared in a tweet posted on Tuesday that it’s “time to move on and forward.” This is not […]
Find it here on Podbean. Subscribe on iTunes. In this episode: Robbie and Shawn remember that great night in Santa Clara when Clemson hammered Alabama. Also happening is Shawn realizing that there are nightmare scenarios that may not unfold, but could be very real if the pieces fall a certain way. A way-too-early peek at […]
Find it here on Podbean. Subscribe on iTunes. In this episode: Robbie and Shawn get a handle on what was the week of wild-card games and what will be a week of division round games in the NFL. Don’t worry, the Steelers get plenty of talk with a prominent topic being what it would take to […]
So, we went and got a new contributor for The Bat Flip. Please welcome Amanda Godsey to the fold. If you’re into Pittsburgh sports, chances are that you’ve seen Amanda on Twitter (@AmandaFGodsey). As Robbie and I look to get back into a consistent writing schedule, expanding the staff was a must to keep voices […]
