Sep 15, 2013
I fess up, I’ve not added a post to this blog in almost a year, let’s just say I had a few other things going on. I’ve also been encouraged (ahem) to be a little less public with my personal life. OK. However, my last post will bear resemblance to...
Oct 12, 2012
I’m a local. By some stroke of luck, I was fortunate enough to grow up in what I think was the golden era of sports in Oakland: the A’s won 5 straight division titles and 3 world series starting in ’71; the Raiders were a perennial powerhouse,...
Oct 4, 2012
As I write this, it will be 41 years tomorrow that my dad extracted my brother and I from school to attend a baseball game. October 5, 1971 was a warm Indian summer morning in the bay area. That afternoon, game 3 of the 1971 American League playoffs would take place...
Jul 4, 2012
I suppose it’s jealousy, but only to a certain degree. Oakland fans and Boston fans: 2 distinctive breeds. For a variety of reasons, the Oakland A’s draw the largest crowds when three teams are in town: the Giants, Yankees and Red Sox, and at times, it might seem...
Apr 21, 2012
My little league pitching career came to a screeching halt when, at 12 years old, I could no longer find the strike zone. Fortunately for my team, we had other arms to take my place, and I settled in behind home plate. I relished being a catcher, and from their...Apr 30, 2011
The first year my daughter was on the roster of a tournament team, she was 9 years old and only saw garbage time on a team that won just 1 or 2 games all summer. My friend Mike’s daughter had a similar experience on that same team, our girls represented the... 
