Baseball, according to those who favor the game, is the sport most like life. This is one of those platitudes that typically goes unchallenged, provided you’re in a room filled with other baseball nuts. Some lives are undoubtedly more like an early-October 49er’s game, complete with being assaulted by a neanderthal fan in a Frank Gore jersey while you wait […]
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Scotland The Sovereign
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Back in 2008 while vacationing in Perth, Scotland, I attended a town hall dance with my buddy Denis Munro. Denis, an ex city planner, is Perth born and bred — you’d be hard pressed to find a more patriotic Scot. He’s an affable figure who can’t walk a block down the High Street without someone stopping him to […]
In Praise of Thomas Earl
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers are an easily underestimated band. At 63 with a head of enhanced long blonde hair, Petty speaks in a southern drawl reminiscent of a teenaged gas station attendant mid bong-hit. He’s been relevant long enough for his concert crowds to resemble an Ikea gathering on a Sunday afternoon; ages range […]
Shazbot
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
I finally tapped out on the Robin Williams news cycle last night after finding myself watching an interview with Todd Bridges, the often troubled former child actor and Gary Coleman’s older brother on Diff’rent Strokes. Bridges seemed to be the only public figure (outside of some Fox News dufus) critical of Williams in death, calling his […]
Closed For Repair
Wednesday, August 6, 2014
I’m on the F train again, Tuesday, on my way up to the 42nd Street Library. Bergen, York, Delancey – things are running smoothly when a neatly dressed thirty year-old woman steps on at Second Avenue barking out the dreaded and familiar “Good afternoon ladies and gentleman ..” It’s standard intro for a money pitch, yet there’s little […]
Universal Joint
Friday, August 1, 2014
I’ve been Googling of late about the universe and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict – two broad and complex topics about which I only have a cursory understanding. Of the two I find the universe to be the more pleasant subject. Sure, it can be off-putting to learn that the Sun’s luminosity will eventually increase to the […]
Puig, Posey, Pence & Peavy
Monday, July 28, 2014
The Dodgers concluded a convincing three game road sweep of the Giants at AT&T Park last night and, much like San Francisco’s early season 9 1/2 game lead, it doesn’t mean much. They’re the superior squad now and Clayton Kershaw is the best pitcher in baseball. Kershaw is young, supremely talented, humble and smart. Outfielder […]
The Midsummer Ray Fosse Sponsored By Aleve Classic
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Major League Baseball’s ‘Midsummer Classic’- the All-Star Game – was held last night in Minnesota. It was a decent match, as these things go, but nothing to write home about. They’ve tried to spice things up in recent years by granting World Series home field advantage to the winning league. This makes one wonder what […]
And My Money On My Mind
Friday, June 20, 2014
Displayers of affection and all good intentions Why don’t you just send me the bill – Tweedy/Scott Money talks, as Neil Diamond informs, but it don’t sing and dance and it can’t walk. Bullshit walks, according to Bobbi Flekman. I dig the Wilco lyrics and the idea of being able to cover the bill instead […]
A Clean, Well-Lighted Place For Chicken
Friday, May 2, 2014
“A lot of life is the pursuit of ‘look at me’ followed closely by the realization ‘look at me – I’m dying just like everybody else.’ ” Not the most uplifting notion, perhaps, but a decent indication of where my head’s been of late. Just wrote it in an email to my buddy Tom. Been […]