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 8, 2025 | Baseball, Humor, Movie Lines, Movies, Sports Movies, Uncategorized |
My Padres are doing well this season. Maybe Jobu is helping. This post first ran in 2022. The 1989 baseball film, Major League, is one of the most outrageous comedies ever to hit the silver screen. The characters and their lines are still quoted to this day, over...
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 | Mar 31, 2025 | Aging, Baseball, Death, Life, Uncategorized |
With the baseball season now underway, I’m running this post from last year. A difficult one for me, to be sure, but necessary. To be clear, 2024 has been the worst year of my (long) life. It had to be after losing Jacqueline, my wonderful bride, life partner, and...
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...
