By MONTE DUTTON A bewildered England fan navigates vibrant, diverse World Cup fan celebrations. Click here. My first task in watching the World Cup on TV is to determine which team is which. The uniforms often have little to do with the colors on a country’s flag. It helps to read the names on the …
A lot to unpack
By MONTE DUTTON USA leads Mexico 2-1 in a tense World Cup match in Doha. Click here, The USA played Paraguay in the World Cup on Friday night. Paraguay is where Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid met their fate. Or was that Uruguay? If I wrote a song about Paraguay, I’d have no choice …
This is the end of the innocence
By MONTE DUTTON People endlessly walk in a voting loop symbolizing repetitive election promises. Click here. As is my habit, I voted. I like to do it the old-fashioned way, perhaps because I can’t remember ever standing in line. I like the poll workers. There’s time to chat. I heard a guy say this on …
In case you believe in magic
By MONTE DUTTON "A man! A plan! A canal! Panama!" (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Friday was such a great day. I didn’t want to drive to Lugoff, or Elgin, or wherever Lugoff-Elgin is. I wanted Clinton High School to win the Class 2A state championship at home, where their hearts are, with a crowd …
The stars line up
By MONTE DUTTON Luke Young launches the game-winner (Monte Dutton photos). Some things are just meant to be. Clinton’s fourth baseball state championship – and second in the past four seasons – occurred at the right time, in the right place, by the right young man. I was in the dugout, camera hanging from my …
The pop heard ’round the state
By MONTE DUTTON Owen Glenn (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Perhaps the most famous baserunning play in baseball history occurred in the seventh game of the 1946 World Series. In the eighth inning, with two out, the Saint Louis Cardinals’ Enos Slaughter scored the winning run by dashing all the way from first base on …
Clinton goes a game up with 5-1 road win
By MONTE DUTTON Camden Finley (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Game one of the Class 2A state-championship series was memorable for Owen Glenn’s inside-the-park homer and Camden Finley’s virtuosity on the mound. Clinton’s 5-1 victory over Atlantic Collegiate puts the Red Devils a win away from their second state title in four years. Of Camden …
Where AI comes in handy
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. I use Artificial Intelligence. Often I illustrate these blogs with images created by WordPress as part of the deal for providing this site. Also, it’s easier to ask AI the derivation of “lead-pipe cinch.” The standard Internet search now offers lead pipes I can purchase in the first 20 items. …
Don’t tell me I’ve nothin’ to do
By MONTE DUTTON People gather in a busy laundromat folding clothes and waiting for laundry cycles. Click here. What is the scribe to do when it’s Saturday and the Red Devils are rained out? Oh, it’s not so bad. I enjoyed a total of four quality conversations at the Waffle House and the laundromat. Let’s …
One never knows
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. News like this is unsettling. I was well out of college when Kyle Busch was born. I’m at the age where life seems a bit more frail. And if I die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take. The older I get, the more scary that …
Nightrider's Lament 