Koufax is probably one of the least understood hero’s of the baseball world. The final 5 years of his career were probably the best 5 consecutive years by any pitcher, ever. He walked away at age 30 with an arm on the verge of permanent disfiguring dam…
As another baseball season winds down, I’ve been thinking about the future of the game. Baseball is losing the hearts of the kids to soccer and a host of other activities. Why is that? Baseball flourished through the Depression, a couple of World Wars,…
I’ve been assigned the task of going through our filing cabinet, and a couple of dresser drawers of stuff to be filed, to clean out the junk.
It’s all junk.
I’ve gone through the two drawers so far, and I threw out at least 90% of the stuff we were sav…
An all-nighter. One of those books that you won’t want to put down. I started it a 7 PM on Wednesday, I was done at 2 PM on Thursday.
The basic question behind the book. What if human beings decided to upgrade? Homo Sapien 3.0. And it doesn’t happen ov…
I’ve read two other Blaylock novels, The Last Coin and All The Bells on Earth. They are both epic battles of good and evil, with little doubt about who are the good guys and who are the bad. They are both fantastic books and are highly recommended. The…
I just watched back to back little league baseball games on ESPN2. I saw:
Players who really care if they win or lose
Baserunners who run out every ground ball
Outfielders who understand the concept of a cut-off man
Umpires who actually call the strik…
I mentioned this CD a couple of weeks ago, but now that I’ve listened to it a few dozen times, I want to do a proper review.
If this album doesn’t sell several million copies somebody at his record company should be castrated. Butch Walker is everythin…
Hooray For The Moon is the third solo effort from this former guitarist for the True Believers. And what an effort it is! Gritty Texas blues mixed with a few rootsy, countryish ballads makes for a very fine listening experience. A southwestern feels fl…
About 6 weeks ago my son (8 years old) sent a fan letter to his favorite baseball player, San Diego Padre Mark Kotsay, complete with a baseball card to autograph and a self addressed stamp envelope to help ease the financial burden of fan relations on …
I doubt any of the really great bluesmen ever wrote a song by this name, most of them probably never made enough singing the blues to own a home. However, if we actually make it to the new house I may never leave. The stress is brutal, it’s one of the …
