Hometown Sports Scene

1 month ago | hometownsportsscene.com | Kenny Varner Jr. |Greg Maresca

By: Greg Maresca   Pete Rose was not even cold when Major League Baseball’s (MLB) commissioner Rob Manfred lifted his “permanent ban” from the game. Banned for betting on baseball in 1989, Rose predicted he would be reinstated after his death, a wager he never got to collect.   Rose died at 83 in September.   Rose is the all-time MLB leader in hits, games played, at-bats, and singles.

Mar 28, 2025 | hometownsportsscene.com | Kenny Varner Jr. |Greg Maresca

Photo credit: Ken Seay. By: Greg Maresca Football may be a game of inches and even tush pushes (for now) but like any business, it is the numbers that ultimately narrate the game’s story. Numbers reveal objectively if something is getting better or worse. Numbers are the language of business and make no mistake, the NFL is a business.  Enter Penn State’s Julian Fleming.  Fleming ended his high school gridiron days as Pennsylvania’s career leader in touchdown catches (77) and receiving yards (5,514).

Mar 28, 2025 | hometownsportsscene.com | Kenny Varner Jr. |Greg Maresca

By: Greg Maresca With all the banter regarding tariffs on imports and while many sports’ aficionados were consumed with filling out their NCAA basketball tournament bracket, the Major League Baseball (MLB) season’s annual road show got underway in Tokyo, Japan. Provided you forgot, the Los Angeles Dodgers, who are the defending World Series champion, took two from the Chicago Cubs.