It was a little before 2 p.m. Monday at Cashman Field. A man from the grounds crew was spreading fertilizer in the outfield, walking from the Dotty’s casino sign in deepest left-center field to the right-field foul line. Another grounds crew man was working on the pitcher’s mound in the left-field bullpen.
Long-suffering Cubs fans bought tickets to see a young, talented club led by a skipper who knows how to mold a World Series contender. But a Series title would be bittersweet because their heroes, Ron Santo and now Ernie Banks, won’t be around to see it.
The Rebels, a talented if rudderless bunch, had somehow slipped to 1-5 coming into Saturday.
The GolfBoard aims to draw a younger demographic to golf. So far, the only place you can ride one around the fairways is at Las Vegas National Golf Club.
Cars were back on the track Monday at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on Monday. That’s good news for NASCAR, which has had its offseason hijacked by the stories coming out of the trial of driver Kurt Busch and his ex-girlfriend, Patricia Driscoll.
Kealiiholookoa Maruyama finished third in the boys’ 14-15 division in the national finals of the PP&K competition.
Christian Volesky, Matt Polster and Sal Bernal were among 55 players invited to the MLS combine. All three were Las Vegas prep stars. Volesky and Polster played at Southern Illinois-Edwardsville, and Bernal at UNLV.
A lot of American fight fans and boxing experts, including Showtime Boxing’s Al Bernstein, are excited about Bermane Stiverne vs. Deontay Wilder on Saturday night. Bernstein said it’s been more than 20 years since the last excellent, action-packed heavyweight title fight involving Americans, or sort of Americans.
While going through boxes in the garage recently, I found an old cassette tape — one supposes there aren’t any other kind. It was white, with red letters. “A Happy Baseball Birthday.” Under the two little reels were bolder red letters that said: LENNY DYKSTRA.
