As originally aired on the Rochester Press Box I have seen the future and it was on display at the All-Star Game's Home Run Derby. It didn't directly involve any of the eight participants. This is about a name you probably won't recognize. Alden Gonzalez was a Miami kid of Cuban decent. He dreamed of becoming a major league baseball player despite the fact … [Read more...] about Pucko: Career Insurance
Pucko: Another Field of Dreams
As originally aired on the Rochester Press Box In 20221 and 2022, Major League Baseball took a walk down memory lane by playing two games that counted in Dyersville, Iowa. At the Field of Dreams. A nod to the 1989 Kevin Costner film that romanticized the sport like no other. And there's certainly a place for that. Next year the Giants and Cardinals … [Read more...] about Pucko: Another Field of Dreams
Pucko: The Name Game
As originally aired on The Rochester Press Box Remember the Denver Larks? That's ok. Nobody does. They were briefly a team in the old American Basketball Association. Not actually a team I guess because they never played. When the ABA was born in 1967, a team was supposed to be located in Kansas City. That didn't work out. … [Read more...] about Pucko: The Name Game
Pucko: Unmistakably Watchable Again
As originally aired on the Rochester Press Box Michelle Wie was once 'all the rage.' She was a golfer in a sport starving for a new face. And hers was very new. Wie burst on the scene with a 13-stroke victory in the Hawaii State championship. At the age of 13. That began a series of youngest-ever marks that included the youngest to qualify for … [Read more...] about Pucko: Unmistakably Watchable Again
Pucko: Stuck On 22
As originally aired on the Rochester Press Box I have a Wall of Champions at my house. Framed issues of Sports Illustrated magazines that represent mostly Boston based championship teams that I rooted for over the years. They begin with the Boston Celtics 1966 championship team and conclude, so far, with the New England Patriots winning the Super Bowl in … [Read more...] about Pucko: Stuck On 22