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October 17… and October 25

17 October 2007

Big-D over at Giants Win reminded me what day it is today… October 17, eighteen years since the Loma Prieta earthquake. I was only 12, but that day stands out in my memory unlike any other day in my childhood. Two events, the Giants playing in the World Series and the largest earthquake […]

more proof that football stinks

7 October 2007

Trent Green, laying on the ground motionless… Travis Johnson standing over him, taunting his lifeless body. A more disgusting display I have never seen.

stark love fest

19 September 2007

I realize that Trapped in LA has been something of a Jayson Stark promotional tool of late, but I received another mention in his Useless Information Blog, and so I’m reposting part of it here again.
RAISING CAIN
Is Matt Cain jealous of Adam Eaton and Horacio Ramirez? He ought to be. As we’ve mentioned in this […]

stark gets it right… again

7 September 2007

Jayson Stark continues to be one of the only “cool heads” in sports writing… at least in my opinion. Time and time again he approaches even the most sensitive subject with a grasp of the big-picture… and he’s done it again here. Rick Ankiel & HGH, pitchers and steroids, NFL players and ‘roids… […]

a terrible loss

6 September 2007

God bless you Alfred Peete. I never met you, but your product brings me joy each and every day.

links and thoughts

30 July 2007

Jayson Stark has written a great little article about the “anti-Bonds”, Duane Kuiper.
It looks like Teixeira is headed to Atlanta, not San Francisco.
I can’t bring my bottled water through the airport, but we can give 30 billion dollars in military aide to Israel. You tell me which poses the greatest “security” threat to the U.S. […]