Our second of umpteen doubleheaders dawned bright and early, with our first game in two years against a team from the St. Francis league, which had opted out in the fall so it could play flag football instead. Our opponents: … Continue reading
Readers of CNN’s website (4/15/21) saw an alarming headline: “So Far, 5,800 Fully Vaccinated People Have Caught Covid Anyway in US, CDC Says.” Nearly 6,000 so-called “breakthrough” infections—cases of Covid-19 contracted by people after they had been vaccinated against the coronavirus … Continue reading
After last week’s rainout, it was nice and dry (if not quite as warm as the forecast) for today’s doubleheader of our as-yet-unnamed green team against Miller’s black-clad squad. Starting pitcher Dylan arrived just minutes before the scheduled game time, … Continue reading
Future generations, if there are any future generations, may one day look back at the Texas Rangers’ stadium as the first stadium designed for the Anthropocene epoch. Globe Life Field was built at a cost of $1.2 billion, nearly half of … Continue reading
This one I remember clear as day, though the moment was more than 30 years ago. I was watching MTV, which wasn’t a thing I did often, but I had just graduated from college and didn’t have much to do … Continue reading
Like the previously covered Cat Fight, Logan Whitehurst first came to my attention via the great Greasy Kid Stuff show on WFMU. The difference is that while Cat Fight I barely remember, Logan Whitehurst instantly became a treasured member of … Continue reading
MLB’s year-long assault on its minor-league affiliates, first launched last fall, ended this month with unconditional surrender, as the nation’s farm teams fully capitulated to a plan that will see 43 franchises either get bumped to independent leagues, demoted to amateur leagues, or … Continue reading
I’m not often tempted to cheat and see if re-shuffling my iTunes library will serve up a different musician to write about than the one that the random number generator has landed on. Even when it’s a band I’ve barely … Continue reading
The Red Scare’s season finale against Shiffman began like so many other games this season: With uncertainty whether we’d even be able to play. Once again, we were met with two large puddles on Parade Grounds Field 3, one next … Continue reading
The One Rule of this project — let iTunes shuffle pick the band from my record collection, then I take it from there — sometimes provides lovely surprises where I’m reminded of performers I haven’t thought about in a while, … Continue reading