Hi. My name is John Strubel. I am a storyteller. I love to write. My writing is predominantly related to my greatest passion in life: baseball. Thanks for visiting my website.
Happy Mother’s Day!
In recent years, sports journalism has done an excellent job finding great stories about mothers of athletes. Mom is the backbone of our formative years as an athlete; taking us to practice and games; cheering from the stands; feeding our hearts, our hopes and our dreams.
“I learned over the years that racism is not something you’re born with, it’s a learned behavior. It’s like being brainwashed.” – Remus Harper
Remus Harper received his first noxious lesson of what it meant to be an African-American college athlete in the South on an autumn afternoon along a nondescript stretch of Interstate 26 on the outskirts of Orangeburg, South Carolina.
It was 1968.
Remember the last time you saw Rafael Palmeiro on the news? He was on Capitol Hill wagging his index finger at politicians saying, “I have never used steroids. period.”
There is a royal wedding in 10 days, or so I have read while waiting in the grocery store checkout line. They — the paparazzi, that is — claim it’s kind of a big deal.
Freelance Journalist
Hi. My name is John Strubel. I am a storyteller. I love to write. My writing is predominantly related to my greatest passion in life: baseball. Thanks for visiting my website.