Category Archives: sports

has a ball or stick and is not murder or war; their were or are bubblegum cards or tobacco cards to exploit it; was cool when i was young but is now increasingly sadly undermined by greed;

Boykin, Booma both Barrett bearers

Posted on April 19, 2019 by markweiss86

Dartmouth thing. This is Keith and his nephew I wonder who is faster I presume the next generation yet Keith as some of his Twitter friends noted looks pretty fit The boykinism  is named Brandon Adams and competes for University … Continue reading →

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Khrys Davis beastmode VS Hideo Matsui 500th homer in July, 2011

Posted on April 18, 2019 by markweiss86

Something about an artwork that the A’s circulated of their star slugger in announcing he had been extended reminded me of the time eight years ago that Rob Syrett and I were scheming to create a chimera  of Hideo Matsui … Continue reading →

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Orozco of the Mets 1983 by Iacono VS Orozco at Dartmouth and ‘Happy’ video spoof

Posted on April 17, 2019 by markweiss86
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Run to daylight

Posted on April 12, 2019 by markweiss86

The year that tiny Sacred Heart Prep of Atherton, California won the Central Coast Section football championship, I had three friends with boys on the Gunn of Palo Alto team, my alma mater. I attended every game, even on Yom … Continue reading →

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To penalize my former Terman of Palo Alto, Calif. junior high flag football teammate Bill McGlashan for his alleged wrongdoing, I’m going to Photoshop onto his body, the bald and oversized head of Garo Yepremian, while I paste my 1976 face onto the body of Mac Davis in ‘North Dallas Forty’

Posted on April 8, 2019 by markweiss86
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Rodney joins 900 club

Posted on April 1, 2019 by markweiss86

b/w edita: Panda on the base paths (a highlight of Giants opener v Tampa, Friday April 4, 2019:

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Unitas, Matte…Strausser

Posted on March 28, 2019 by markweiss86

Jerry Sorenson mentioned to me that our mutual friend Chris Strausser had joined the Colts. I sent the Colts webmaster a note about the fact that in 1981 Chris was co-offensive player of the year in the Santa Clara Valley … Continue reading →

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Did you mention that your childhood name was ‘Mac’?

Posted on March 28, 2019 by markweiss86

Today I learned that my former Gunn and Dartmouth schoolmate Alan Eagle ‘83 has cowritten a book about the great Bill Campbell, “Coach”.   I’ve written a couple times briefly about Bill Campbell here based on our chance meeting the … Continue reading →

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Talking Cree in the crease

Posted on March 26, 2019 by markweiss86
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Primed to be the 8,501st finisher at next month’s sf half

Posted on March 20, 2019 by markweiss86

edit to add, the next day: So I did sign up, via my smartphone, for a 12 mile race next month, inspired by a fellow student in Lynn Stegner’s writing class, who chronicles her development as an endurance athlete. I … Continue reading →

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