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Thursday, November 12, 2026Nov 12

5-at-10: Halfway home in baseball and the sports year, plus a Rushmore of almost all-timers

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Hope your summer travels have been fun and energizing. (Side question: When did we get to the age when we need a vacation to recover from vacation? So it goes.)

We also hope you summer travels have been only very infrequently plagued by the worst of all backseat questions: “Are we there yet?” (OK, second-worst, “Who did that and what do you say?”)

As of today, the correct answer is to the long-time parental nemesis is “We’re halfway there.”

Today is the final day of the first half of 2014. This weekend we got to the midpoint of the baseball regular season, Wimbledon and even roughly that kickball tournament in South America.

So from the “Talks too much” studios, Daddy, who’s gonna’ hold your hat?