There was this woman, Barbara. I’ve mentioned her before, somewhere in the vast archives of this blog. Tough old broad, veterinarian, didn’t talk much, sat next to me for several full Giants seasons back in the 80s. During a brief lull in the ’87 playoffs, sometime after Mike Krukow pitched a gem and before the […]
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Four For Five
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Ask any long-time Giants or Cubs fan and they’ll tell you that it indeed ain’t over ’til it’s over. They won’t be using the quote in its original Yogi Berra “we’ve got a lot of fight left in us” sense, though. It will instead be uttered with memories of the likes of Bobby Richardson and […]
The Kid Gets It Done
Friday, October 8, 2010
I splurged on Thursday night in reverence of the Giants being in the playoffs, and ponied up ten bucks for a subscription to MLB Network’s post season Internet package. These games are already being televised on TBS, but it’s good to have a distraction from Dick Stockton’s head in high def, looking like some kind […]
Tall Dark Rookie Catcher Network
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
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 […]
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 […]