BRAVES HOODWINK DIAMONDBACKS

by Peter Lemieux | Sep 8, 2022 | Life=Baseball

Teams make trades to improve themselves. The 2016 Arizona had spent a fortune to secure All Star pitcher Zack Greinke. They had growing young star pitchers in Robbie Ray and Patrick Corbin. They knew if they could get one more dependable starter they could contend for...

ONCE IN A WHILE, IT’S JUST YOUR DAY!

by Peter Lemieux | Sep 7, 2022 | Life=Baseball

Occasionally, it just seems that the stars align and everything almost miraculously comes together. An unplanned trip to the grocery store results in a lottery ticket and suddenly a common everyday person living paycheck to paycheck becomes a millionaire. Dr Spencer...

HOPES DASHED FOR $75 MILLION

by Peter Lemieux | Sep 6, 2022 | Life=Baseball

Every major league multi-year baseball contract is bet on the future. Teams try to gauge past results, age and realistic projections to see if they can get a decent return on their investment. Sometimes it works out and other times it doesn’t. To the billionaire owner...

BLOCKBUSTER

by Peter Lemieux | Sep 1, 2022 | Life=Baseball

Blockbuster Video started with one store. In1985 Blockbuster’s one store was in Dallas, Texas. By 2000, the franchise had over 9,000 stores. In 2022  there was one store left. This is a common story of life. After a period of time businesses fail, singers stop making...

PROPHETS GET MARTYRED

by Peter Lemieux | Aug 29, 2022 | Life=Baseball

Most people believe that it was Jackie Robinson that broke the color barrier in baseball when he played a game for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. That may be true, but he was not the first black man to play in the Majors Leagues. That story is an indictment of the...