https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/mike-gelfand/page/4/?d=4WordPress Posts: WordPress Postsenhttps://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/mike-gelfand/mtb-the-kaepernick-conundrum-automated-umps-the-3-soft-drink-debate/Mike and Stretch end the ridiculous Colin Kaepernick debate. Stretch thinks automated umps are good for baseball. Mike wants to attend a baseball game, not a tax audit and what's the right price to pay for a software drink with lunch...certainly not $3 bucks.   All that and more on the latest Mik...2347Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/mike-gelfand/gelfand-soft-core-psychology-and-hardcore-little-leaguers/When we last met, I was making unsubtle references to the cozy relationship between Little League and authoritarianism. Some background is in order.   My introduction to the Teutonic mentality of the erstwhile (if largely archaic) baseball franchise came when I was allowed to coach a ghost team t...2333Thu, 08 Jun 2017 22:36:56 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/mike-gelfand/mtb-why-steve-kerr-is-the-oracle-durant-the-difference-maker-and-lebron-vandalized/2314Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/mike-gelfand/mtb-khloe-owes-mccants-70-mil-shaq-wants-to-fight-barkley-the-king-passes-mj/Michael Knight and Mike Gelfand welcome Tom Schreier to discuss Rashad McCant's claim that he'd be a $60-70 million player if he hadn't dated Khloe Kardashian, Shaq and Charles Barkley going at it on TV, LeBron passing Jordan on the all-time playoff scoring list and more!   All that and more on t...2273Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/mike-gelfand/gelfand-think-twice-before-respecting-authority-especially-in-little-league/In the 20 years I spent coaching baseball, my teams earned a trophy or two, while I earned my share of enemies. I can only hope that many of those enemies still spit up reflux on the rare occasions my name is mentioned. Bitter parents and scheming coaches rarely forget and almost never forgive. Ki...2266Thu, 25 May 2017 13:51:18 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/mike-gelfand/mtb-everybody-knows-that-somethings-wrong-with-the-wild/Michael Knight makes the argument that you don't have to be an expert to see that the Minnesota Wild have a problem. Pinball, no parity in the NBA, the Michael Floyd burger featured at The Nook, and the bathroom incident at the Fitzgerald Theater.   All that and more on the latest Mike Talks Big...2245Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/mike-gelfand/mtb-dust-bowl-locusts-mike-zimmer-is-a-tyrant-little-league-begins/Is Vikings' coach Mike Zimmer the tyrant other teams thought he was? Little League baseball has begun. Dad coaches, umpiring and Gelfand's ejection. Delvin Cook, Michael Floyd and even a little Teddy talk. Gelfand give a history lesson on the Dust Bowl in Oklahoma and Kansas, but stick around for...2216Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/mike-gelfand/gelfand-inside-aaron-rodgers-dalliances-with-hollywood-starlets/Spring bloomed suddenly last week, and all I smelled were lilacs and tulips. Sure, the dandelions fought with the stinkweed and the creeping Charlie for dominance, but I was sniffing hope.   And why not?  For starters, the Vikings took the running back who wasn't caught on video committing a fel...2195Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/mike-gelfand/gelfand-espn-laid-off-the-wrong-people/The shocking news flashed across the Internet. Think 48-point type:   LAYOFFS AT ESPN INCLUDE ED WERDER, OTHER BIG NAMES.   Before we address the Werder issue, it seems fair to observe that something like this was inevitable. While viewers have been unplugging their cable in recently years, ESPN...2110Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/mike-gelfand/gelfand-the-minnesota-twins-are-flawed-but-entertaining/And then there was Miguel Sano butchering a simple run-down play over the weekend.  It was baseball's version of high comedy, which, I'll admit, isn't saying much. In these frenetic, acrimonious times, neither hilarity nor the lazy game of baseball qualify as America's pastime. The Play of the Day...2014Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/mike-gelfand/gelfand-gonzaga-didnt-get-jobbed-by-the-officials/Pop quiz: A lot of fouls were called in the Gonzaga-North Carolina game because: There were a lot of fouls; or The perfidious officials were out to ruin the damned game and deprive Gonzaga of its rightful title. If you answered "B," you probably believe that Pizzagate was a thing and...1979Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/mike-gelfand/march-madness-is-killing-mike-gelfand-and-hes-loving-it/We cannot live without hope, and nowhere is this more poignantly and tragically expressed than at the racetrack.   And so the story is told of the million-dollar Pick 6 carryover at a moribund track where old men dream of one last break before hope dies within the rising tide of desolation.   Th...1909Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000https://wolvesdaily.com/news-rumors/mike-gelfand/gelfand-we-witnessed-a-michigan-miracle-and-who-the-hell-are-the-blue-raiders/Before we can discuss the Michigan Miracle, we must address the Middle Tennessee State issue. I must admit that when I saw that our Gophers would be taking on MTSU in the first round of the NCAA tournament, I was tempted to ask: "Who are the Blue Raiders?"   But unlike the properly embarrassed L...1863Tue, 14 Mar 2017 10:24:04 +0000