by mike | Apr 13, 2023 | Baseball, Curious Possessions, Horror, Humor, Life, Uncategorized |
Call them knickknacks, chotchkes, or whatever—I love all my “stuff.” This post first ran in 2019. With seven-plus decades in the rearview mirror, I’ve had plenty of time to collect my share of “stuff.” I thought it might be fun to have a look at some of the more...
by mike | Apr 3, 2023 | Baseball, Basketball, Life, Sports, Uncategorized |
So where’s my usual post? Sorry, but I’ve been so wrapped up with the NCAA Basketball Tournaments (men’s and women’s), and the opening of the baseball season, that the next real article won’t appear till the following Monday. The Lady Hawkeyes from Iowa made it to the...
by mike | Mar 30, 2023 | Aging, Baseball, Books, Fantasy, Ghosts, Magical realism, Movie Lines, Movies, Sports, Sports Movies, Uncategorized |
Today—thank the Great Spirit—is Opening Day for my San Diego Padres, and pretty much every other team! A baseball-themed post seems appropriate, so here is one from a couple of years back. “Three years ago at dusk on a spring evening, when the sky was a robin’s-egg...
by mike | Mar 27, 2023 | Baseball, Life, Sports, Uncategorized |
What are they doing to my game? Since you already know how I feel about the pitch clock, let me start this post with a story. I live and die with the San Diego Padres and have since their inception in 1969. I’m either watching a game, listening to a game, or at a...
by mike | Mar 6, 2023 | Aging, Baseball, Books, California, Life, Sports, Uncategorized |
Well, I sure hope so, because I’m turning 77 today. Holy crap, how in the name of Zeus’s butthole did that happen! Wasn’t I just roller-skating along the mean streets and back alleys of the Bronx neighborhood where I grew up? Didn’t I just graduate from college and...
by mike | Jan 12, 2023 | Baseball, Movies, Sports, Sports Movies, Uncategorized |
Lots of folks missed this wonderful film. I first presented this post in 2019. Inspired by a true story, Chasing 3000 (2010) is, of course, a baseball movie, one that highlights the legendary Pittsburgh Pirates outfielder, Roberto Clemente. But transcending that, it...
