Sjarif Goldstein

Now that baseball season has settled down and we’ve gotten the whole Shohei Ohtani’s gambling-addicted interpreter thing straightened out, we can focus on the game itself — specifically, on the players from Hawaii who are trying to build (or extend) their careers.

Is there just not enough to get outraged about in the world now?

I’ve written in this space about how much I enjoy researching and writing the Hawaii Baseball Report that appears in these pages each Sunday during baseball season.

The Honolulu Marathon means different things to different people. For some it’s the culmination of months of training, for others it’s a boost in income from the influx of tourists. To some it’s a traffic obstacle to plan around, and to others it’s an excuse to visit Hawaii once a year.

In these days of limitless demand for content, with broadcast hours and YouTube channels overstuffed with “analysis” (read: arguing) of various levels of quality, overreaction has become the norm in both the NFL and college football.

My first memory of watching sports is from the 1979 MLB All-Star Game, and in what would prove to be an omen of my first 24 years as a Boston Red Sox fan, it was a bad one.

The Hawaii Baseball Report made its 2025 debut in Sunday’s Sports section, keeping readers up to date on professional baseball players with Hawaii ties. Coming out of spring training, there is always plenty of news on player movement, whether between franchises or levels.

Statistics of players with Hawaii ties in professional baseball through Friday’s games. Players who are on the injured or suspended list and whose stats have not changed since last week are not listed.:

What started out as a sleepy Sunday in the sports world was quickly turned topsy-turvy by two trades that shook up four fan bases.

One of the great things about golf is that it is many great things.