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;

Levels of the Game

Posted on August 21, 2018 by markweiss86

And: times article about film on John McEnroe, 2/3 of C1

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3rd in a series: Jesse Gonder the catcher for the pathetic Mets that inspired indie rock icons Yo La Tengo has a grandson Jase Turner, a former minor league player, who keeps athletes eligible at mighty Bishop O’Dowd of Oakland, and listens to both Coldplay and Little Dragon

Posted on August 21, 2018 by markweiss86

Weird path in baseball music nexus Young Gonder Turner yonder And I admit for a minute there I confused or fused Little Dragon of Sweden (“high”!!, “twice”) w Imagine Dragons who I first heard via Eric Lindley pka careful) This … Continue reading →

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Happy birthday, Choo Choo Coleman

Posted on August 21, 2018 by markweiss86

His real name is Clarence. He was 5 foot eight or 5 to 9. Weighed 160 or 165. Played in 201 games. Only six more after this card was printed. One hundred fifty four as a catcher one in outfield … Continue reading →

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Giants beat Mets on ‘Yo La Tengo’

Posted on August 20, 2018 by markweiss86

Cue Ira and Georgia Mr tough says “we win” Edit to add: I bought the two local papers to see how they covered this. Here also is The New York Times online capture: I thought they should have mentioned Ira … Continue reading →

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Eddie Gale ‘Black Rhythm Happening’ w Brother Thelonious Belgian style abbey ale

Posted on August 20, 2018 by markweiss86

Brother Thelonius is from North Coast Brewing in Fort Bragg and I’m pretty certain they sponsored a tour by Helen Sung Whose cousin married a dear friend of mine and who’s reed player is my former client. Whereas Eddie Gale … Continue reading →

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Return of the Cub

Posted on August 20, 2018 by markweiss86

I produced 150 rock and jazz concerts at Cubberley in the 1990s, and I’m working on another one, after 15 year hiatus, for this fall. I also am the exact age where a lot of my friends attended Cubberley the … Continue reading →

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Palo Alto incumbent lauded for anti-idling stance

Posted on August 19, 2018 by markweiss86

Tom Dubois kickoff of re-election campaign Palo Alto City Council, Hoover Park, introduced by colleague Karen Holman. From The Merc Kelley just last month: A subcommittee made up of Councilwoman Karen Holman and Councilmen Tom DuBois, Adrian Fine and Cory … Continue reading →

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Jungle Jim Loscutoff, the hoops champion w Maxim Loskutoff, who writes about encounters in the wild

Posted on August 17, 2018 by markweiss86
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20th anniversary of Dartmouth scholar athlete, but not a playboy

Posted on August 16, 2018 by markweiss86

Librarian and former St. Francis athlete Dave Sigua helped me research an item that magically popped into my head earlier today (it started with me returning a book about Lefty O’Doul and commenting that Paly grad Joc Pedersen of the … Continue reading →

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Wallace Loh must go

Posted on August 15, 2018 by markweiss86

University Of Maryland president Loh and football coach DJ zDurkin are responsible for the death of a student athlete. there are two reasons i am edit-adding to this today: one, a dude named Jake or Jack with a dog named … Continue reading →

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