In days gone by, the late great Jimmy Powers penned his well-read column "Nobody asked me but . ." in the New York Post and Daily News for decades. With apologies to Jimmy, here's my current version.

    The NYRA betting platform uses 'Trackman' as its handicapper, with selections under every race at every track. The moron who masquerades as 'Trackman' writes 'a' whenever he's supposed to write 'an,' and 'an' whenever he's supposed to write 'a.' When he wants to say something like 'This filly is among the fastest out of the gate,' he writes 'with among.' Every time. And nobody edits his stuff.

    The person who writes the graphics on the Major League Baseball telecasts always writes 'The Mets are 4 1/2 games behind 'Of' the Phillies. Of? Hard to believe.

    Without a doubt, the TV graphics on the LIV Golf telecasts are the worst in sports history. Too small, confusing . . . whomever invented them should be demoted. Whomever approved them should be fired.

    Without Tiger Woods, and the defection of so many popular players to LIV, the game just isn't the same. I have a hunch Tiger's getting ready to join the Champions. Turns 50 on Dec. 30.

    The rectangles that show balls and strikes, and reveal how many pitches the umpires blow, should be used as the real McCoy, with the men upstairs in the booth making the correct calls, as they do with calls on the field. A bad 3 and 2 call as a strike instead of ball 4 has changed the complexion of too many games.

    Putting a man on second to start extra-inning games is absurd. So is making a pitcher throw before he is ready. People paying $100 for a ticket on a Sunday afternoon aren't interested in leaving the park 20 minutes earlier.

    Letting the TV announcers interview ballplayers who are out in the field during play is also absurd. Why any manager would allow it is hard to understand. 

    Subjecting Marion County viewers who buy Spectrum (and others) and are forced to watch the Jacksonville Jaguars every weekend is criminal. For the prices we pay, we should have Sunday Ticket for nothing, or at least a minimal fee. 

    If the Marion County police and sheriffs departments would station cars along highway 27 west of I-75, they would nab enough auto and motorcycle speeders to fund the city and county for years, along with saving many lives, and hospital visits. Too many 80-to-90 speeders, too many accidents. 

  

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