by Mitch Albom | Oct 7, 2006 | Detroit Free Press
Kenny Rogers pushed the dirt from his coffin and rose to take the mound once again. He had been buried many times before. Overpaid. Bad temper. Too old. Fades down the stretch. On Friday night, his grave was to be dug by his nibbling pitches, his crafty but slow-ball...
by Mitch Albom | Oct 4, 2006 | Detroit Free Press
NEW YORK – It is possible, in the Persian bazaar outside Yankee Stadium – sausages, stuffed animals, knishes, a man screaming about religion through a small amplifier, the creaky thunder of elevated trains, the smell of perfume and cigar smoke, fans...
by Mitch Albom | Oct 3, 2006 | Detroit Free Press
Knock, knock. Come on out. Wipe your eyes. Adjust to the lights. It’s October, and tonight the Tigers, for the first time since Ronald Reagan was president, will compete in the playoffs.Missed you, boys.”It’s true?” says a fan, lifting the lid...
by Mitch Albom | Oct 2, 2006 | Detroit Free Press
With the autumn sun slowly fading, and the baseball season down to its final hours, the Tigers looked out at the centerfield scoreboard and for the first time in more than four months, they were looking up. They were in second place. The Twins had won. They had nudged...
by Mitch Albom | Oct 1, 2006 | Detroit Free Press
There is a reason why I don’t plan surprise parties. I am not very good at them. They’re hard to keep secret. And, with me, they usually backfire.My most recent attempt came last week. It wasn’t really the typical party – you know, where...
by Mitch Albom | Sep 26, 2006 | Detroit Free Press
So let’s try something different. A blog. Why not? I’ve written on notepads, legal pads, my pants leg, a Tandy 1000, an Apple, a BlackBerry and the back of my hand.Why not cyberspace?Periodically, my blog – which I wanted to call...
by Mitch Albom | Sep 25, 2006 | Detroit Free Press
He’ll be 37 in a few weeks, and his army haircut and grizzled whiskers now look as if they’re dusted with snow. But if Sunday was the last glimpse Detroit will get of Brett Lorenzo Favre, it was not the portrait of a creaky old man. Favre was every magical...
by Mitch Albom | Sep 24, 2006 | Detroit Free Press
They get to land at our airports without being destroyed. They get to enter our country without being arrested. They get to drive on our streets without their limos exploding. They get to sleep in our hotels – protected by our Secret Service – knowing no...
by Mitch Albom | Sep 18, 2006 | Detroit Free Press
CHICAGO – At one point in Sunday’s game, Roy Williams caught a pass, bounced up, and struck a pose. Not long after, Chicago’s Bernard Berrian caught a pass, bounced up, and struck a pose.The difference? Williams had a first down. Berrian was in the...
by Mitch Albom | Sep 17, 2006 | Parade Magazine
Her world shattered in a telephone call. My mother was 15 years old. “Your father is dead,” her aunt told her. Dead? How could he be dead? Hadn’t she seen him the night before, when she kissed him goodnight? Hadn’t he given her two new...
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