by mike | Mar 30, 2020 | Baseball, Basketball, Life, Uncategorized |
I’m writing this on what should have been Opening Day for Major League Baseball in general, and my San Diego Padres in particular. (Not to mention the start of the Sweet Sixteen round of the NCAA basketball tournament. Crap!) “Safe At Home” should mean Fernando Tatis...
by mike | Feb 17, 2020 | Aging, Baseball, Curious Possessions, Humor, Life, Sports, Uncategorized |
With seven-plus decades in the rearview mirror I’ve had plenty of time to collect a whole lot of “stuff.” Here is a look at some more “Curious Possessions” floating around my domicile. MUCH ADO ABOUT “NOTHING” Yes, “nothing” is pretty much what bupkis means, and I’ve...
by mike | Feb 13, 2020 | Baseball, Books, Fantasy, Ghosts, Magical realism, Movies, Sports, Sports Movies, Uncategorized |
Yes, I do write a lot about Field of Dreams, the best movie ever, and here I go again. This is my original post, which I did in 2012. It began as a short story by Canadian author W.P. Kinsella in an anthology of baseball stories titled, Shoeless Joe Jackson Comes to...
by mike | Jan 9, 2020 | Baseball, Books, Editing, Historical Novels, Horror, Life, Publishing, Read & Critique, Thrillers, Uncategorized, Writing |
I still keep in touch with old friend Hank Garfield. This post first ran in 2016. I had lunch last week with a horror writer from Maine. (No, not THAT horror writer.) Hank Garfield and his friend, Lisa, were in San Diego for a vacation, as well as to visit some of...
by mike | Dec 12, 2019 | Baseball, Humor, Movie Lines, Movies, Native American Films, Native Americans, Sports Movies, Thrillers, Uncategorized |
I’ve seen some of my favorite movies so many times that I can recite much of the dialogue in a lot of them. Here are some more of my favorites. This post first ran in 2016. “I want you to round up every vicious criminal and gunslinger in the west. Take this down: I...
by mike | Nov 28, 2019 | Baseball, Movies, Sports Movies, Uncategorized |
This remains one of my favorite baseball movies of all time. I first presented this post in 2016. When it comes to the 2007 film, The Final Season, I can’t deny that I’m somewhat biased. I love baseball; my baseball-loving bride is from Iowa, where this true story...
