Sticker Deity

At the age of 10 my Dad decided that it was time for me to get a paper route.  I mean I was in 4th grade, so why not give a child of one whole decade on this earth a job which required 7 days of work for 365 days a year.  Sure no [...]

Catch Past Juice Blog Contributor Tommy Johnagin on Comedy Central this Friday

If there is a better comic under the age of 30 than Tommy Johnagin, I haven’t seen him. This Friday night, Tommy’s Comedy Central special will debut at 10:00 pm EST.  A couple of years ago, Tommy wrote a great road story for this site.  Since then, he has had a meteoric rise in the [...]

Please Explain: The Initial Launch of the MLB Network

Are you officially a network if no one is watching?  OK, maybe that is a bit harsh, but what a colossal bore the new baseball network has been.  Unless you have never seen Ken Burns’ wonderful PBS documentary or you are a historian of old game highlights, the only thing the network offers of any [...]

Best Dressed President of All-Time

 Note: This is not a picture of recently signed Sox free-agent Bartolo Colon.

Why I’m Not Part of the 79% Who are Optimistic about the Next 4 Years

A recent CBS/NY Times poll reports that 79% of Americans are optimistic about the next 4 years under Barack Obama.  Here’s my thoughts on that question.  I feel Obama is the right person for the job, but it is the job itself that is the problem.  Even though Obama mentions the disaster our current economy [...]

My Apology for a Past Piece

Back in September of 2004, I wrote that for the Democrats, winning the election might not be the best thing in the long run.  I further added this prediction of the future.

I truly believe that 4 more years of right-wing control will push the country back towards the center by 2008. I expect the economy [...]

You Guessed It. Baseball Hall of Fame Voters Blow It Again

Let me begin by sharing this little nugget.  Jim Rice was my favorite player during the time of his career.  I can remember when he came up with the Red Sox in 1975 that despite Fred Lynn winning the rookie of the year, Rice would have won it if not for getting injured in September.  [...]

Do Hall of Fame Voters Understand the Game?

Let me begin by sharing this little nugget.  Jim Rice was my favorite player during the time of his career.  I can remember when he came up with the Red Sox in 1975 and believing, despite Fred Lynn winning the rookie of the year, that Rice would have won it, if not getting hurt in [...]

The Best Way to Determine a Playoff Game. Why not Fucking Flip a Coin?

I have hated the NFL overtime rule forever and it only became worse when college football instituted its far superior system. For a long time,  I have actually been rooting for a Super Bowl to end in overtime, with the team that won the coin flip being victorious.  I figured it would take this to [...]

Ed Hochuli Destroys Lives (and other Bad Beat Stories from 2008)

My friend, comedian Todd Link, has a passion for something in life.  Do you?  Sure, many might call it a sickness.  The stories are out there about Pete Rose, Art Schlichter, and John Daly wrecking their careers betting on sports.  What is never discussed is the rush that gambling gives you.  Not too many things [...]