The Giants bounced into the playoffs on Sunday on the strength of some solid pitching, a little bit of here-and-there hitting, and one big fly from a rookie catcher who plays as though he’s had some kind of Cal Ripken Jr poise-transplant. To call Buster Posey “old school” is a misnomer; there weren’t many 23 […]
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Miller
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
The filmmaker formerly known as Scott Miller visited me last week, under his current incarnation “Coleman.” He’s explained this decision to push his middle name front and center as an attempt to stand out more in the increasingly Internet-oriented world of independent film making, but it still escapes my limited comprehension. If a guy as […]
Loudmouths
Thursday, September 16, 2010
These go to eleven .. – Nigel Tufnel I was at a Giants game in San Francisco last month, sitting in front of some loudmouth who was maintaining a string of ceaseless discourse for his imprisoned seatmates. “Buster Posey – this kid’s terrific, although you won’t get many long balls out of him ..” Posey […]
Late Greats
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Squash Hashanah I make no claim to being a photographer, but my great-grandfather was one by trade. It seems to me there have been two kinds of memorable pictures taken since the invention of picture-taking: those given much thought prior to execution, and those that came about because some guy had a camera. And just […]
Mad Good
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
I’m just going to put this one out there. While I’m still squarely in the camp of The Sopranos, last Sunday’s episode of Mad Men – “The Suitcase” – was as good as anything I’ve seen on television in a very long time. Much mention was made of the strong writing for female characters on […]
Downtime Googling
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
God it’s such a drag when you’re living in the past – Petty I received an email from my buddy Denis Munro last week, commenting on a piece I’d written some time ago. Denis had a long and successful career as head of city planning in Perth, Scotland, and now keeps his feet wet with […]
San Fran & Tim at the Half
Friday, July 16, 2010
It’s a jaded man indeed who can remain unmoved, flipping his newly acquired cable over to the high-def channels and catching an awe-inspiring aerial shot of San Francisco on a typically cool July evening, just prior to the 10:15 eastern start time of a Mets-Giants game. I’ve made no effort to hide my distaste for […]
Gha Na Na
Monday, June 28, 2010
Based on a novel by a man named Lear – McCartney Cheap is small, and not too steep But best of all, cheap is cheap – Davies Now that America has bowed somewhat gracefully out of the World Cup, we can all move on to more pressing matters at hand. It’s difficult to hold a […]
Soccer Deux
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Straight is the gate, and narrow the way – Williams/Christ My buddy Dave in San Francisco emailed the other day, commenting on my last posting about soccer. While I suspect part of his correspondence (like my article) was meant as tongue in cheek, he did use three rather strong qualifiers – “ignorant,” “reactionary,” and “full […]