Monthly Archives: April 2009

Marlins Finances: Another Year, Another $40M

Posted on April 30, 2009 by Jorge Costales

Please click on image above to enlarge or print. Forbes recently released its annual Business of Baseball issue for 2009. One year ago I started this blog by looking very closely at the Forbes numbers as they pertained to the … Continue reading →

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The MLB Roller Coaster

Posted on April 29, 2009 by Jorge Costales

Paying close attention to a major league baseball team would cure any casual fan of any preconceived notions of how things should be. In 2009 alone, the Marlins have had 7-game winning and losing streaks. Sandwiched between two Lindstrom blown … Continue reading →

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Dwyane (Go Go) Gadget – New Back

Posted on April 29, 2009 by Jorge Costales

I’m half asleep trying to read an economics book as the TV in the background is still on TNT. My Miami Heat had been crushed earlier and I was bummed. Then Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley reminded me of why … Continue reading →

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An Idiot’s Guide to a Non-Pitching Change

Posted on April 28, 2009 by Jorge Costales

Winston Churchill described a fanatic as follows, “one who can’t change his mind and won’t change the subject.” Regarding Matt Lindstrom’s blown save against the Philadelphia Phillies last Friday night, Marlins fans resemble the latter and seem incapable of the … Continue reading →

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Dear Straw [Hat] Man: Ni Tu Te Lo Cres

Posted on April 24, 2009 by Jorge Costales

The straw man argument defined: An informal fallacy based on misrepresentation of an opponent’s position. To “attack a straw man” is to create the illusion of having refuted a proposition by substituting a superficially similar proposition (the “straw man”), and … Continue reading →

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Salute to Miami Senior High: The Wheel Deal

Posted on April 21, 2009 by Jorge Costales

With apologies to the Norman Maclean character in A River Runs Through It, I am now haunted by cogs. But, in the words of a future saint — be not afraid — it is a friendly haunting. It all began … Continue reading →

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Isiah Thomas: The Anti-Cristobal

Posted on April 17, 2009 by Jorge Costales

The hiring of Mario Cristobal as the football coach at FIU was a welcome departure from the safe practice of hiring ‘names.’ He was a young coach with extensive roots in the area, personal and professional. The perception was that … Continue reading →

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The Daily Gospel

Posted on April 15, 2009 by Jorge Costales

The most practical and effective email list a lot of my friends and I are on is the The Daily Gospel [DGO]. As the title suggests, it is a daily reminder of that day’s Gospel reading. DGO is produced by … Continue reading →

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A Miami Herald Editorial Bull’s-Eye

Posted on April 14, 2009 by Jorge Costales

No Irish bull. I thought Monday’s Miami Herald Editorial regarding the changes to the U.S. Cuba policy struck a perfect tone. An excerpt: Considering the hoopla that preceded it, President Barack Obama’s decision to relax the rules governing travel and … Continue reading →

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Carl Hiaasen & The LSD-PL Syndrome

Posted on April 13, 2009 by Jorge Costales

Carl Hiaasen is a great novelist. So sayeth Tom Wolfe, which is good enough for me. Hiaasen is also a long-time South Florida resident who has left of center political views and airs those views as a regular columnist for … Continue reading →

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