UPDATE Jan. 27, 2015: Physicist spells out a way to make footballs “shrivel to completely flat after cooling.” ORIGINAL POST The New England Patriots could have legally rigged footballs to wind up underinflated. Patriots head coach Bill Bellichick spelled out much of this scenario in a news conference much of the media apparently failed to understand. He Read More …
“Saw” this idea while walking in Philadelphia. Man was using a cane. But for some reason I got this image of a combo cane and baseball bat. Probably because a hint of spring was in the air, and I was thinking, wouldn’t it be nice to play a little baseball? Then, I thought, could also Read More …
That Manning-to-Tyree escape and catch in the Super Bowl was legendary stuff. So it needs legendary name. Something like the Immaculate Reception, that famous Franco Harris play. How about this then: The Spectaculate Reception. Yeah, I know spectaculate is not a word, but doesn’t that make the moniker all the more memorable?
What goes around comes around. Maybe that’s the problem here in Philly. The negativity of fans cosmically gets punished by never having that ultimate prize: A title in a major sport. (Philadelphia gone more seasons without an NFL, MLB, NBA or NHL title than any other city. Cleveland’s gone more years, for example, but doesn’t Read More …
Here’s a copy of my second post for inventorspot.com, “Biking for Better Biceps: Brain Rep 2.” Although hill-climbing can be a workout for your arms, most bike-riding does little for your upper bod. I realized this while lugging a watermelon in a bag back from a parking-lot produce market. Really added to the exercise. Could there Read More …
The Philadelphia Phillies are converging on 10,000 losses in their history — the most, supposedly of any professional sports franchise. (At least since Groink the Caveman started the Prehistoric Arrow Catching League, whose contests always ended in sudden death. I hear the Visiting Christians may also have had a similar record vs. the Colliseum Lions.) Read all about it on countdownto10000.com and Read More …
I’m not a doctor, just someone speaking from experience. After a lame-brain stint of playing basketball barefoot (this was many years ago), I strained my feet and developed plantar fasciitis. The conventional treatments, I tried: stretching and orthotics. But the more I thought about it, this seemed, well, stupid. Why would you stretch something that’s Read More …
Here’s a great idea touted on a cool website: Neato.com. The curved barbecue grills better, fits better on a plate, and looks cool too. Makes me wonder: What else would be better curved? Golf clubs that come preshaped for wrapping around a tree? … knives for cutting around the cores and pits of apples, pineapples Read More …
Seriously. Why not let pitchers come back? Think they’d be more likely to get injured? I think the opposite: Pitch a little, take a rest, pitch some more. Sounds like less wear and tear to me. Would also increase strategy talk that fans both love and hate. OK, impose some limits. Baseball is too slow. Can’t substitute Read More …
Option One: Have NINE pitchers who each pitch THREE innings every THREE games Option Two: Have EIGHT pitchers who each pitcher FOUR or FIVE innings every FOUR games. Option Three: Have SIX guys who pitch SIX innings every SIX games AND ONE OR TWO innings halfway inbetween. Option Four: Use a phase-in system, when you Read More …
Here’s another way to improve boxing. Or at least create a kind of added interest. Four heavy punching bags swing from the ceiling along the ropes. So gotta look out! Don’t backpedal too much! Don’t think you can run and hide! Or WHOOOMP! Down you go. Shudda watched where you wuz going.
And I don’t mean throw a fight. Now I’m not taking sides on the whole morality issue of whether pummeling another person senseless is a soul-enchancing sport. But if you want boxing to be more exciting, let’s up the action vs. dodging quotient. Enough of backpedaling ballerina stuff (entertaining only when done by Muhammed Ali did). Read More …
Radical baseball idea: Make pitchers pitch. No intentional walks, fake or otherwise. Here’s how: If a batter walks on four straight pitches, he goes to second base. Or, if that’s too severe, next batter strarts with ball one. Gotta throw at least one strike to the likes of Ryan Howard. Would be good for the Read More …
Why should a watch only tell the time? We’d probably have watch-phones by now, if Dick Tracy’s wrist radio hadn’t overdone the idea to the point of hokey jokiness. How a digital screen, however? Movies seem obvious. But how about the picture-album watch? You push a button, see an image of your wife …your kids … your dog … your Read More …
When you write Part 1, you’re supposed to write Part 2. So here goes: A golf club you can’t destroy — it’s rubber-coated wire like those posable toys. Whack, smack, hurl, throw in the lake. It doesn’t break. (Plus, it’s got a string for reeling it in?) … Or how about the enviro-friendly disposable club? Stomp it, Read More …