On The Beat- Tuesday, April 14, 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
The Yankees’ catcher/first baseman, third best hitter in all of baseball right now, Ben Rice, who is batting .362, is on the bench. Why? Because Boones says so. Yankees haven’t won a World Series in 17 years. Keep the hitters on the bench. Phenomenal strategy. It wasn’t until the bottom of the 8th, down 0-7 that Rice got to bat. Sure enough he got an RBI... Obama says aliens do exist, but not at Area 51… Blake Lively is asking New York Courts to block negative news coverage. LOL. Two years too late for that… Boston Red Sox pitcher Garrett Crochet got bombed last night in a less than two-inning onslaught by manic Twins’ bats (11 runs that inning), on a strange night throughout the MLB that saw five games with one or more teams in double-digit scoring. The Yankee vs. Angels game scored 22 runs. The Pirates vs. Nationals, 21. Red Sox vs. Twins, 19. Marlins vs. Braves, 14. “No natural exhalation in the sky; No scope of nature, no distemper'd day; No common wind, no customed event”… Besmirched Ex-Michigan football coach, Sherrone Moore doesn’t face any justice as he is sentenced to probation and $1,000 fine… Residents in coastal towns and on islands off Washington State brace for a brewing typhoon. It is like the setting of an 18th century novel… Jennie Garth says her “love” for Luke Perry led to trust and intimacy issues during their time on “Beverly Hills, 90210”, however, it looks more like a 48-Hours stalker obsession episode… Kate Weiser Chocolate has announced they will be shutting their doors after 12 years. Once appearing on Oprah’s favorite list, the ride looks to be over for the Dallas-based company. “Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown”… New York Rangers goalie Jonathan Quick retiring after a well-lived career. Three cheers!… Boise, Idaho home voted ugliest house in the nation in 2025, will it be a repeat champ for 2026?… Tomorrow is tax day. “The only difference between death and taxes is that death doesn’t get worse every time Congress meets”… China says U.S. is using tariffs as a weapon. Just wait until you see our “sharks with frickin’ laser beams attached to their heads”… Students invent a condom that turns color when it detects an STD. Can they now create a way to make people care once in the heat of the moment?… In San Diego, a maniac named Lathapoun Keovongsa, attacked and stabbed a man with a sawed-off cane so, and may I start applauding now, sicked the K-9 on him and let to get wild… Diana Russini, as expected, resigned as a sports reporter at the NY Times before she could be fired. Can’t have it all, babe… Coachella fan dubbed most beautiful girl alive on social media. Pretty but not perfect. She can’t fly first class with Madelyn. Sorry. Maybe next year… Bobby Valentine went to X to argue that batters should be concentrating on hotting, not umping. Definitely, the change has mixed reviews… The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star, Taylor Frankie Paul (ex-wife of the supposed long lost illegitimate brother of Jake and Logan Paul) will not be facing new charges. “When life brings you full circle, pay attention. There is a lesson there.” Mandy Haley was seemingly talking to Paul who pulled a Will Smith on her ex-boyfriend. Goosefraba… Hitler-loving streamer, Sneako, was punched in the face and taken to the ground in a choke hold by a stranger while live-streaming. The world cheered… New Jersey shamefully charges $100 per train ticket to the World Cup… We present it, you decide…