The Grandstander

Before weighing in on the matter of the Steelers Draft, let me begin with a story that I tell every year at this time. Sometime back in the ...

  Sad news arrived this past weekend when we learned of the death of former Pirates second baseman Phil "Scrap Iron" Garner at the...

  So we decided to watch a movie last night, and we wanted something light and funny, and we selected "Four Weddings and a Funeral...

  Some Idle thoughts from an idle mind..... The Pirates have started the 2026 season on a fairly good note.  They are 8-5. The staring pitch...

Linda and I are spending time this week catching on some of the Oscar winning and nominated movies that we have missed. This, of course, was...

I hope that you all were watching that Regional Final game between Duke and Connecticut on Sunday afternoon.  I was watching and I was rooti...

Yes, today is Opening Day, actually, Opening Night, of the 2026 Major League Baseball season, and joy reigns throughout the land.  It starts...