On The Beat- Monday, May 11, 2026 - From Broadway to Biscayne Boulevard, from the Bird Streets to Euclid Avenue to Lark Street- Any Topic is Fair Game Until it is a Bore…
By Mr. Curmudgeon
Legendary Yankees broadcaster, John Sterling, passed away at age 87. He called Yankee games for 36 seasons and his voice will be missed. Planet Earth was a better place with John Sterling in it… A matador was gored in the tukas. He had it coming. You go looking for trouble, you are going to find it. That bull did that for 1,000 years of the Spanish indiscriminately murdering bulls. That bull did that for all the indigenous Indians of the “New World” mercilessly slaughtered by Spanish conquistadors for their gold and women… Mike Vrabel says, “I was trying to protect my family. By tripping and falling naked into a married journalist’s hotel casino bed?… New Show on Netflix called “Homicide Squad: New Orleans. The intro says, “THIS PROGRAM DOCUMENTS ACTUAL INVESTIGATIONS OF THE NEW ORLEANS HOMICIDE UNIT. CRIMINAL CHARGES ARE OFTEN DROPPED OR REDUCED”. Hmm. Maybe a renovation of the Louisiana court system is in order… Donny baseball becomes interim manager for the Phillies and they tearing it up with him at the controls… Men like Max Quinn, the loser who stole the ball from the 11-year old girl at the Guardians game should be banned from attending a baseball games for 10 years… Golden Tempo wins the Kentucky Derby at 23-1 odds. Had you put down $10,000 you would have made $230,000… Always a Runner wins the Kentucky Oaks against a stacked field of top-tier fillies, which included Barstool Sports founder, Dave Portnoy’s horse, Lovely Grey, who gave it a good run… Two bills in New York, if passed, (The Elder Parole Bill and the Fair and Timely Parole Bill) could start setting free dangerous murderers and other criminals including John Lennon assassin, Mark David Chapman; and Son of Sam serial killer, David Berkowitz. Because New York politicians want to be “fair.” I think John Lennon should have a say in this… Texas dad shoots and kills would be carjacker from trying to steal car with family inside. Sign him up to be a prosecutor in New Orleans… Yankees first baseman, Ben Rice misses numerous games after suffering a left hand contusion. I screamed that he should have been back after one game. He hasn’t has a hit since returning. I was right. Nobody listened. The Mantle and Maris comparison with Rice and Judge is not yet off the table, but it’s not as exciting or even promising anymore… The New York Knicks swept the 76ers to get into the Eastern Finals… Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson denounces CCTV cameras because having them makes too much sense for catching assailants and cleaning up crime… There are rumors circulating that NYC officials are considering putting gates around Washington Square Park to enforce the midnight curfew. Does anyone other than me see the problem here?… NYC police captain transferred after saying that Mandami is an embarrassment. But is he wrong?… A South Carolina boutique owner gets arrested for the 17th time. Some might argue there is a pattern of here… Volpe optioned to the minors. Wally Pipp, Anthony… Spencer Jones got his first hit. An RBI single… Philadelphia 76ers player Joel Embiid complains that the refs want the Knicks to win and fix the games. Or the 76ers suck… Frontier Airlines runs over and kills a random person on the runway yet I’m getting roughed up at the ticket counter for having a bottle of unsealed water…