Pucko's Unfinished Business

As originally aired on The Rochester Press Box Silver Stadium was the home to the Rochester Red Wings from 1929-1996.  I spent sixteen years watching baseball there.  Two things stood out.  Because the crown on the field was so high, you couldn't see the left fielder from the Wings dugout on the first base side.  You could barely see the third … [Read more...] about Pucko: Sauerkraut and Selfies

As originally aired on The Rochester Press Box He was style and substance.  From his Western Pennsylvania and Alabama University pedigree, down to his white football cleats.  Joe Willy Namath screamed stardom.  To those of us who loved the old American Football League, including many early Buffalo Bills fans, Namath became a legend when in 1969, he and the New … [Read more...] about Pucko: A Legitimate Villain

As originally aired on The Rochester Press Box I'm not a hardcore soccer fan.  I know this because I've never suggested that someone didn't understand the game.  Or argued that soccer doesn't need more scoring.  Because it does.  It's obvious.  I must not understand the game. Still, I faithfully got up at 3am to watch the United States Women's … [Read more...] about Pucko: Worth Taking a Knee For

As originally aired on the Rochester Press Box I had a conversation with Soccer Sam, the Salvatore's Pizza entrepreneur just a few days back.  And he said, "It's really sad what's happened to the media these days."  Sam is old school.  He remembers when local news really mattered.    News was the cash cow of the three major television stations in town.  It called all the … [Read more...] about Pucko: Progress at the Point of Impact

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