“Fly, fly away”

Three years ago I wrote this: I was planning on writing about the glorious sound of Dave Niehaus back during spring training, when I heard his voice for the first time this year. I’ll just say now that he is soothing and exciting, and is a voice I’ve heard more than any other in my [...]

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Portland away

I have seen my beloved-but-recently-somewhat-neglected Mariners in two away games: Yankee Stadium and Fenway Park. However, I did not travel to these historic locales to see the Mariners play lose. In both cases, I was already in these places, and the Mariners just happened to coincide. In fact, I likely would have tried to go [...]

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Two things

Later JJ. Once you figured out how not to give up home runs, it was fun. Until you forgot. Have fun in New York. *                    *                    * This movie is oustanding. See it.

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Back to Kansas with yeh

Goodbye Kevin Frady, welcome back Brandon Newell. Perhaps the 25 hits I got with my Kevin Frady posts included the attention of someone important. Or maybe I just got lucky. Now if they could only bring back Clem, Brindza, Given, and the ‘Hus. The glory years. For me, at least. Go Bells!

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