by mike | Mar 23, 2026 | Aging, Baseball, Death, Life, Uncategorized, Writing |
(Balm: anything that heals, soothes, or mitigates pain.) In a couple of weeks it will be two years since I lost Jacqueline, my beloved bride, to demon cancer. Devastated? I’m sure you can imagine. For a time, I thought I’d follow close behind. So how did I survive the...
by mike | Mar 6, 2026 | Aging, Baseball, Humor, Life, Uncategorized |
Yes indeed, hard to believe, but today (March 6th) marks eighty years that I have walked the Earth. That’s a few decades short of Bilbo Baggins when he left for Rivendell on his birthday, but close enough. Good grief, how did this happen? Some years back my wonderful...
by mike | Oct 13, 2025 | Baseball, Life, Sports, Uncategorized |
A few days ago the Sports section of our local newspaper, the San Diego Union-Tribune, ran an article about former big league ballplayer Kurt Bevacqua. Playing for the Padres during the 1984 World Series, Bevacqua hit a three-run homer in Game 2 against the Detroit...
by mike | Jun 30, 2025 | Baseball, Humor, Quotes, Sports, Uncategorized |
Sure, I’ve been a San Diego Padres fanatic even before moving to SoCal in 1973. But I grew up in The Bronx, and as a kid I lived and died with the Yankees. My heroes were Mickey Mantle, Whitey Ford, Elston Howard, Roger Maris—and the great Yogi Berra, a catcher with a...
by mike | May 5, 2025 | Baseball, Life, Non-Fiction, Sports, Uncategorized |
Sixty-three years before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier during MLB’s so-called modern era, a professional baseball catcher was credited with being the first black man to play in the major leagues. His name was Moses Fleetwood Walker. A HISTORY OF RACISM Born...
by mike | Jan 20, 2025 | Baseball, Death, Humor, Movie Lines, Movies, Quotes, Sports, Sports Movies, Uncategorized |
We lost a national treasure last week. Bob Uecker, former major league catcher, baseball announcer, comedian, and all-around great guy, passed away at the age of 90. Mr. Uecker turned an uninspired baseball career (lifetime batting average of .200) into a new vocation...
