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I’m Crushing a Few “man Sodas” and Watching the MLB Draft
California high school POY.It’s time to decompress. The events of the past week has left everyone emotionally distressed and even questioning their own integrit... Read more
Posted on 11 June 2020 BASEBALL, SPORTS -
Goodbye Sacramento
A nice, quiet place for a drink.“One of the most endearing things about baseball history is that it’s so packed with bullshit. Read more
Posted on 10 June 2020 BASEBALL, SPORTS -
I Don’t Really Care If Baseball Comes Back in 2020
He came out of nowhere!These are paradoxical times that would make George Orwell sit up in his grave and vomit from exhaustion. A man, George Floyd, was murdere... Read more
Posted on 29 May 2020 BASEBALL, SPORTS -
Rickey Poses for Playgirl
The GOAT.It’s 104 degrees outside as I’m typing this, and it seems like an irrefutable idea to sit around the air conditioner and watch a few horror films... Read more
Posted on 28 May 2020 BASEBALL, SPORTS -
Do People Actually Read This Crap?
Rickey’s stance?A friend and I were walking to the corner store on a bright-sunny-day-beer-trip lazily immersing ourselves in conversation about Glenn Danzig‘s... Read more
Posted on 07 May 2020 BASEBALL, SPORTS -
An Exhausting Review of a Single Piece of Cardboard
huh?Recently, Topps released a set of baseball cards reproduced by various artists with their creative interpretations of iconic pieces of cardboard that were... Read more
Posted on 27 April 2020 BASEBALL, SPORTS -
The ‘Rona Gives You Time to Think and Reminisce
Ernie “Big Ern” YoungAround 1993-1995 I completely lost interest in baseball. Being in my early 20’s my childhood interests waned and became retrograde, as... Read more
Posted on 23 April 2020 BASEBALL, SPORTS -
Bill McNulty and the Summer of Flying ‘Taters
“Baseball is an orderly universe, and that appeals to people who see disorder in the universe.” –Bill JamesGot his only knock off Nolan Ryan.Breezy night. Read more
Posted on 02 April 2020 BASEBALL, SPORTS -
There Ain’t No Cure for the Quarantine Blues
Wash them thangs!!!Spiritually and morally, everything in life is a compromise. These are the kind of revelations that clank around your grey matter when you ar... Read more
Posted on 23 March 2020 BASEBALL, SPORTS -
My Corona
“My, my, my, my Corona.” –sang in the vocal stylings of the Knack’s “My Sharona.”“Apocalypse Meow.”These are fantastical times. This Corona virus has run the... Read more
Posted on 14 March 2020 BASEBALL, SPORTS -
Spring Training is Here! A’s to Win the A.L. West in 2020.
I didn’t even shell out the six bucks for a copy of Baseball Prospectus.It’s not important that I bring to task a Spring Training update; personally I find... Read more
Posted on 28 February 2020 BASEBALL, SPORTS -
Josh Reddick is a Douchebag
Fuck off forever.The Astros pathetic and chicken shit apologies for cheating yesterday were more awkward than teenagers trying to have sex in the backseat of a... Read more
Posted on 14 February 2020 BASEBALL, SPORTS -
Super Bowl Shit Show (literally)
“Shakira’s ass is amazing.”I woke up late Sunday morning to gallop on down to the local coffee shop when I found a rolled-up cocaine-laden ten dollar bill on th... Read more
Posted on 04 February 2020 BASEBALL, SPORTS -
Mike Piazza Sounds off on All the Young Whipper Snappers
Prefers the heavy metal over the hippity hop.The following was taken from Mike Piazza’s autobiography, “Long Shot.”…I wouldn’t have felt (my age) at all if the... Read more
Posted on 23 January 2020 BASEBALL, SPORTS -
Houston, We Have a Problem
Say it aint so, Joe!“You better get your head and your ass together or I will take a giant shit on you.” –Full Metal Jacket (1987)The scandal involving the... Read more
Posted on 19 January 2020 BASEBALL, SPORTS -
One Hell of a New Year’s!
Had one hell of an ending to 1985, which may or may not be remembered.Mike Norris awoke on New Year’s Day 1986, in bed with a 300-pound woman he did not... Read more
Posted on 31 December 2019 BASEBALL, SPORTS -
Happy Holidays from The ‘Fro
Bah-humbug.The Holiday season is upon us yet once again. I know a lot of people love the holidays, but all the crass consumerism and overcast/rainy weather... Read more
Posted on 15 December 2019 BASEBALL, SPORTS -
The Ass-tros Prove to Be Ass-holes
nana nana boo boo, go stick your head in doo doo.Baseball, in its never ending quest to mind-fuck, has presented me with more questions than a Jim Morrison... Read more
Posted on 04 December 2019 BASEBALL, SPORTS -
Jose and Ozzie Try to Get Laid
The following is an excerpt from Ron Darling’s book 108 stitches: Pimp mode. (That’s Toni in the middle.)My time in Oakland introduced me to some of the game’s... Read more
Posted on 08 November 2019 BASEBALL, SPORTS -
Happy Halloween and WS Thoughts.
As I’m typing this I am passively watching John Carpenter’s brilliant 1978 flick Halloween as is my yearly tradition. I am a huge fan of slasher films, but... Read more
Posted on 31 October 2019 BASEBALL, SPORTS