The Grandstander

  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...

  Hello, Friends. So it finally became time to stage The Masters for 2020 this past weekend, after a seven and one-half month delay.  The Ma...

Hello, friends. If it is a truth that nothing can match The Masters for sheer self-reverential malarkey, it is also a truth that...

Sporting thoughts...... Hello, friends. Patrick Reed wins The Masters, A Tradition Like No Other (cue schmaltzy music) (I belie...

As Jim Nantz would say, "Hello, Friends", and here are some  thoughts from The Grandstand on the 2017 Masters..... It is a...

The recently concluded weekend included the following.... A three game sweep by the Pirates over the Braves in the home opening series ...

As I said this morning, I wore a butt-groove in the couch this afternoon and into the evening watching the final round of The Masters, an...

(Okay, before I begin, I need to address what I wrote yesterday, which was that in the final pairing of the third round, Rory McIlroy w...

Well, you want drama at The Masters every year, and you couldn't have ordered it up any better than what Round Three will serve up ...

If you were watching any of the Opening Round of The Masters on television yesterday, you no doubt saw the scene of the traditional cere...

Four days after the conclusion of an amazing Masters Tournament, it's time to reflect upon just what took place and what it might mean. ...

As I see it, four people have a shot at taking the green jacket tomorrow: Jordan Spieth, Justin Rose, Phil Mickelson, and Charlie Hoffma...

Cue the schmaltzy music, cue the hushed reverential tones of Jim Nantz, cue the absence of Gary McCord, cue the Green Jackets, who stil...

Hello, Friends (as Jim Nantz would say), it is time once again for The Masters. Before commenting on this year's event, allow me t...

Congratulations to Bubba Watson on winning his first major championship today at the Masters.   I hope you all had a chance to see that r...

With hushed and reverent tones, I offer my prediction for the 2011 Masters, a Tradition Like No Other. Perhaps one of the hardest single th...