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Baseball Card Time Travels.
As I pull this baseball card from the pile it takes me on a long forgotten trip back to the 1990’s and the bottomless pit of purgatory known as Jr. High School. Read more
Posted on 19 December 2017 BASEBALL, SPORTS -
A Short Story Ode to Mike Epstein
It is a cold December night in 1972, and I am with Mike Epstein and his wife. We are exiting his cherry-red Ford Thunderbird and about to enter the Marshmallow... Read more
Posted on 25 November 2017 BASEBALL, SPORTS -
Jeff Jones and the 1981 Topps Baseball Card.
At present, I am particularly excited by “bad taste.” I have the deep feeling that there exists in the very essence of bad taste a power capable of creating... Read more
Posted on 26 August 2017 BASEBALL, SPORTS -
Jessica Canseco Gives the 411 on Jose’s Dong.
The following was taken from Jessica Canseco’s book, “Juicy: Confessions of a former baseball wife.”…we kissed for awhile and I relaxed a little, but then I... Read more
Posted on 10 August 2017 BASEBALL, SPORTS -
A Short Story Ode to Mickey Klutts.
“Baseball is a universe as large as life itself, and therefore all things in life, whether good or bad, whether tragic or comic, fall within its domain. Read more
Posted on 06 August 2017 BASEBALL, SPORTS -
Some Thoughts About the Game.
“I believe in the Church of Baseball. I’ve tried all the major religions and most of the minor ones. I’ve worshipped Buddha, Allah, Brahma, Vishnu, Siva,... Read more
Posted on 20 July 2017 BASEBALL, SPORTS -
Mark McGwire and Heshers from the Past.
Now that we know the baseball card craze of the 80’s/90’s was a facade with no chance of anyone (besides the industry itself) making profit, we can laugh at... Read more
Posted on 20 June 2017 BASEBALL, SPORTS -
The Baseball Gods Have a Message, and They Have a Sense of Humor.
And as I crossed the Sacramento River towards the stadium, perhaps the baseball gods had a message for me with their semi-divine detachment? Read more
Posted on 25 May 2017 BASEBALL, SPORTS -
Former Pitcher Brian Kingman Reviews “Fastball John.”
Reviewed by Brian KingmanFastball John is an Amazing Book!You spend a good piece of your life gripping a baseball and in the end it turns out that it was the... Read more
Posted on 21 October 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS -
Bear Vs Shark. Shark Gets Eaten.
I don’t have the affection towards Jeff “Shark” Samardjiza that I do for other former Athletics–he simply wasn’t in a Oakland uniform long enough for me to care... Read more
Posted on 09 October 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS -
Turn out the Lights…the Party’s Over.
This is what last place feels like.I absolutely loathe doing these sort of things–analyzations and grades are usually the penchant of a scout or a small town... Read more
Posted on 04 October 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS -
The Future is Here and It Looks So Bright That I Gotta Wear Shades.
We unload off of the BART train like a herd of cattle and enter the dingy station with a mixture of part excitement and part bovine expression. Read more
Posted on 19 September 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS -
Josh Reddick Traded as Author Almost Swallowed by the Pacific.
There is nothing like the sensory pleasure of falling off a surfboard into the cold Southern California ocean as you tumble under a wave unmercifully for what... Read more
Posted on 08 August 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS -
This Team Desperately Needs New Ownership.
I watched an A’s game for the first time in over a month yesterday; valiantly attempting to push aside the oozing slime of human conduct from leaking into my... Read more
Posted on 07 August 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS -
An Ode to Matt Stairs and His Beer Belly.
In case you haven’t noticed lately, some girls are all about that “dad bod”. I hadn’t heard about this body type until my roommate mentioned it. She was... Read more
Posted on 03 July 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS -
A’s Spank Giants and Win 3 of 4.
I see him almost everyday hanging out in front of the taco stand. He is an old man, probably around 70 years old with a funky sort of style. Today he is... Read more
Posted on 02 July 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS -
The Oakland A’s and Their June Swoon.
I had what can be called a perfect summer evening last night: I watched Star Wars on a 60 foot screen on top of a 6 story building with the stars twinkling... Read more
Posted on 28 June 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS -
Reggie Jackson and His Place in the Cosmos of My Mind.
Say what you want about Mr. Jackson and his brash attitude and high strikeout rates, yet without my grandfathers’ fondness for the man I would have never found... Read more
Posted on 27 June 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS -
Summer is Here….and the A’s Stink.
Some random hipster representing my own personal hell.The California summer heat wave is about to begin; and long-time readers of this blog know that in the pas... Read more
Posted on 10 June 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS -
The End of the Innocence. (not a Don Henley Reference!)
The great Ernie YoungAround 1993-1995 I completely lost interest in baseball. Being in my early 20’s my childhood interests waned, as they tend to do, and in... Read more
Posted on 15 May 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS