Spring training got under way this week, and that can only mean one thing: the return of Ken Griffey, Jr. to the Seattle Mariners. And while Nate McMillan is busy preparing the Portland Trail Blazers for a postseason push, “Mr. Sonic” knows all about “The Kid”.
“I’m happy to see him go back to Seattle,” McMillan [...]
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“The Kid” Is Back In Town
Posted in baseball, basketball, tagged Jr., Ken Griffey, Nate McMillan on February 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Remembering Studs Terkel
Posted in baseball, writing on November 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Is there a better name in writing than Studs Terkel? Is there any day sadder than yesterday when Terkel passed away at the age of 96?
If you don’t know Louis “Studs” Terkel or aren’t familiar with his work, now is the time to get to know the 1985 Pulitzer Prize-winner who will be largely remembered [...]
Making The Story
Posted in baseball, writing on August 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Long time no blog.
Since I last left off, I was busy juggling multiple projects between HOOPSWORLD, writing what seems to be a never-ending manuscript and waiting patiently for a couple pieces to hit the stands at the Northwest Examiner. Back then, Manny Ramirez was still a member of the Boston Red Sox which isn’t the [...]
Chasing History….One Day At A Time
Posted in baseball, writing on July 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The pieces of this puzzle keep coming together….
Five years ago I started researching the 1946 West Coast Baseball Association purely off a newspaper clipping I found while doing a separate summer school project at Portland State University right before graduation. Being an ardent baseball fan, especially the history of the game, I was taken back [...]
And The Beat Goes On….
Posted in baseball, basketball, writing on July 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have a confession to make.
I’m behind my own personal writing gun and feeling a bit overwhelmed with an itchy trigger finger.
When I first started this here blog, my intention was to feature links to my weekly work while starting to detail the process of starting to write a book (or manuscript I should say). I [...]
Hats Off
Posted in baseball, writing on July 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It hit me late Saturday a little after midnight while I was lounging lazily in a Houston hotel room dreaming about the Red Sox Sunday matinee with the Astros. But even then the day game was doomed.
I cringed hearing how Boston’s bullpen had just blown another lead on ESPN, thus losing an 11-10 slugfest after [...]
On The Road Again
Posted in baseball, basketball, writing on June 23, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Kansas City, Arlington, Houston.
Seven days, three-ball parks, four guys.
Plane, rental car, 798 mile road trip.
For any avid baseball fan or those who love the open road, this trip is for you. It’s certainly for me. The annual baseball trip – thanks to my father-in-law and his two late-teenage sons – is actually my second [...]
