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Rufus T. Fireball Fingers and their finery
OR, WHEN I HEAR ‘CHIN MUSIC’, I ‘DUCK SOUP’ Been walking around all morning with 10 baseball cards in the pocket of either my Patagonia green vest or my Polo maroon cotton pants, what I call “finery”; “Finery” is a … Continue reading
Willie Mays, Ted Williams, Kent Lockhart, Danny McCalister, LenRay McCalister
LenRay McCalister has died, age 49. His brother Stanley was my teammate for Gunn basketball, and his oldest brother Danny McCalister was a star of the Gunn Titans first championship basketball team, 22-5 in 1979-1980. There were six McCalister brothers … Continue reading
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Tagged danny mccalister, earl hanson, gunn titans, hans delannoy, kent lockhart, lenray mccalister, paly vikings, ted williams, willie mays
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The rush dies when Colts lineman rookie Danny Pinter becomes versed
I’m following the development of Colts lineman Danny Pinter, number 63 above, a rookie from Ball State and South Bend, Indiana. His position coach is Chris Strausser who was the quarterback for Gunn of Palo Alto Titans in 1981. I … Continue reading
Spectacular catch by Davante Adams of Palo Alto and Packers should count as a touchdown
Same exact thing happened to me on the final play of the Terman -Wilbur game in 1977, right Zlotnick, Kjos?
Russell Wilson poised to pass John Brodie on all-time annals
Brodie 31,548 after 201 games, age 38, for the 49ers of my childhood, before Joe Reed, Steve Spurrier, Steve DeBerg, Joe Montana, Steve Young. Russell Wilson for Seattle Seahawks is about 320 short of that, for 45th all time, but … Continue reading
Cubberley Basketball Hall of Fame and honorable mentions, in Plastic Alto
Cubberley basketball hall of fameas accorded by Plastic Alto, Earthwise Productions and The Titensity Spin On Your Finger Machine Doctors First team:Forward Mike Nichols 1959Forward Rick Kuhta 1964Center Paul Trainer 1971Guard Ray Gale 1962Guard Todd Walker 1974 Second teamForward Wylie … Continue reading