By Paul Casey Gotham Spring Break provided the opportunity to enjoy PNC Park for the first time. Ah, the sights and sounds of downtown Pittsburgh. Monday signalled a return to work. Construction workers greeted us as we walked through the parking lot. Utility fencing enclosed pallets of 100 gallon drums, roofing materials covered in shrink wrap, and a crane to … [Read more...] about Chicken Little’s Wisdom & The World Of Sports
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Canadiens’ Elimination Marks The End Of An Era
By Paul Casey Gotham Without so much as a whimper the Montreal Canadiens bowed from this year's National Hockey League playoffs. Boston's first round sweep of Les Habitants caused barely a blip on the radar screen of North American professional sports. After all the Bruins advancing to the second round of the playoffs might beg the great philosophical question: if a … [Read more...] about Canadiens’ Elimination Marks The End Of An Era
I Am A Fair-Weathered Fan!
By Paul Casey Gotham What started as a Spring Break with the prospect of seeing multiple games at several venues on a variety of levels ended with us arriving home a day early having seen just a few innings of baseball. That's okay. Quality can supersede quantity especially when it comes to peanuts and cracker jacks. I'm not quite sure that makes sense, but we'll go … [Read more...] about I Am A Fair-Weathered Fan!
Can Coach – Will travel.
by Paul Casey Gotham Dare I say it almost feels like Spring. I utter those words with some amount of trepidation considering that I might invoke the dormant spirit of a nor'easter. Wouldn't be the first time that western New York endured an April blizzard. That's all right. Heck it even looks like Spring. Local work crews have started cleaning up the beach. Any day … [Read more...] about Can Coach – Will travel.
A Mount Rushmore of Rochester Sports
by Paul Gotham Rochester's history of sports has had its fair share of legends. These five make up my Mount Rushmore of Rochester sports. Joe Altobelli - I came into my awareness of sports during the decade of the 1970s. Many a spring and summer evening I spent at 500 Norton Street in the friendly confines of Silver Stadium. Joe Altobelli was the face of the Rochester Red … [Read more...] about A Mount Rushmore of Rochester Sports