"Why do they [write] for their money? Why do they [work] for short pay? They ain't getting nowhere and they're losing their share. They must have gone crazy back there." — Michael Burton (paraphrased)
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. On Friday morning, I awakened, and for about 30 minutes, thought it was Saturday. Until I made coffee, I thought I still had Sweet ‘n’ Low. The tipoff was that TCM wasn’t running a silly comedy or a crime serial. (Inexplicably, I have grown fond of old …
Continue reading County Signs: Turns out it isn’t the weekend yet
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Sensations keep us going. They keep us ambling up stadium steps long after we’re capable of running them. We remember how it feels, from a distance of decades, to lie on one’s back, the sun overhead, squinting, while raising the legs six inches … and holding them …
By MONTE DUTTON Coleman Coker (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. I heard, almost accidentally, words of a political analyst that struck me as useful for young athletes. “Hope alone will not win, but despair will lose every time.” Three American Legion Senior baseball teams have Laurens County players. All three had their playoff series stretched …
By MONTE DUTTON Click here. Friends, are you anxious every time you turn on the TV? Are you developing an emergency aversion, which is to say, an aversion to emergencies? Football starts next. What could go wrong? At the very least, athletes learn how to manage anxiety. Many even excel amidst it. I love so …
Continue reading County Signs: What we can learn from the young
By MONTE DUTTON (Pixabay photo) Click here. I’m out of big thoughts, so I’ll string together some little ones. The Open is a Russian novel. By the time one gets the names straight, there’s a whole new cast. “The secret is how he looks at the putting line with his eyes.” As opposed to his …
Continue reading County Signs: Schauffele rides with Captain Kirk
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. The Open is on when America is awakening. It’s cool once a year to get out of bed, fix some breakfast and watch the world’s greatest golfers put their flaws on display. The British royalty is on display. Everything seems to be Royal. Royal Troon, Royal & …
By MONTE DUTTON Greg Porter (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’, though the streams are swollen, keep them dogies rollin’, Rawhide! All the things I’m missin’, good vittles, love and kissin’, are waiting at the end of my ride. The herds are being assembled. The trail bosses are Steve Englehart, Jolly Doolittle, Corey …
By MONTE DUTTON Daniel Eagen (Monte Dutton photos) Click here. Two Presbyterian College baseball players had magnificent springs. Unsurprisingly, the big leagues took notice. Presbyterian College’s fire-balling ace, Daniel Eagen, was selected on Monday in the third round of the MLB draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks. Eagen was the 102th overall pick, making him the …
By MONTE DUTTON (Monte Dutton photo) Click here. Kids are always going to do crazy things. This is because kids enjoy doing crazy things. What prompted this routine observation? I saw a commercial for the snack food Goldfish, and I thought, Why did they ever make a cheesy cracker shaped like goldfish? I remembered when …
By MONTE DUTTON (Caleb Gilbert photo) Click here. This is no new refrain from me. The problem with college athletics’ relentless consolidation is that it doesn’t leave enough glory to go around. Most fans believe their favorite school is inherently superior. It has intangible qualities that separate it from everything else. I am at least …
