Starting the New Year with a clean slate provides a good excuse to dust off the cobwebs and empty the notebook. But, despite Satchel Paige's sage advice that "somebody might be gaining," we can't do that without taking a peek at the rear view mirror. So here goes ...
- If we hear, see or read the word "probably" one more time in any assessment of Michael Phelps' Olympic career, I'm guessing Tokyo in 2020 is a definite maybe. Let's face it, his son, Boomer, will be 3 years old when it's time to start training and probably wondering, "What is it with all those medals?"
- But you have to remember I was in denial about Boston Red Sox slugger David Ortiz's impending retirement right up until it was time to file for free agency, and he passed. I'm still trying to figure it out, but guess it's time to accept it.
