One won lost won
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Only in the continuing brilliance of AN would I be referred to with the short tag of "wolo". I think that is a beautiful reversal of "one won lost won" .
First game, LA Coliseum, 1958. I went through the 1958 Baseball Reference for Dodger games, and I cannot figure out which game was my first. I thought Carl Furillo got the GWRBI, but...no match.
When I was eight/nine years old, I played baseball in Southern California. The coach's son, carrying the bag with the bats and balls, to all my games and practices?? A chubby little 5-year old, George Horton, who was to become NCAA championship manager/coach at Cal State Fullerton, now resurrecting the Oregon baseball program. George Horton is now a member of my high school's Hall of Fame, along with Karen Carpenter, JoJo Starbuck, and many "unknowns".
I've been an A's fan since 1977, when I permanently moved to the Bay Area from Santa Barbara. The ol' Detroit Lions linebacker, Wayne Walker was on the television broadcasts. His favorite intro line to the action: "He made a bid..." He must've said it twenty times a game! But I liked the underdog A's of 1977. The pinnacle? The 88-89-90 teams were so great (and the Yankee teams, sorry Bob Geren, so weak) it was truly time to bask in Oakland baseball glory.
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Playoffs That Mean "Baseball"
by One won lost won on Aug 4, 2009 12:14 AM EDT
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Ever since the playoffs began in the late 1960s, I never felt right about the early five-game system, the four-team system, with the "borrowed" wild card idea...the whole system, really. I wasn't sure what was missing, but somehow the traditional jump from a dominant regular season did not necessarily mean you were going to the World Series any more. Some team like the Twins, and their weird indoor non-baseball sky, non-baseball carpet, might trampoline a few hits and all the hard work of May, June, and July ends in tears for the Twins' opponent. I was happy that Colorado made the World Series, but it all came about because of one man's failure: Trevor Hoffman. A future HoFer had a singular moment of "fail" and San Diego's season evaporated.
What would work better??
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Photos from 2009 FanFest
by One won lost won on Feb 8, 2009 8:14 PM EST
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In no particular order, and certainly, no particular comments, my "raw feed" from the February 8th fanfest is available to anyone caring to link to the pages online with Flicker. Here is the address:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bergquist/sets/72157613522633770/detail/
These are 2MB-plus photos, so if you look like an ant, just blow it big and you'll still see that mole that Mom said no one would ever notice.
This event was held in a glass-casting showroom, so every flat surface you spy in these photos is a 2-inch thick piece of glass. I mean everything...the stairs, the table tops, counter tops. So if you wonder..."Why is that photo in the mix??!!" it is because the glass was very very impressive, and added a unique ambiance to the whole event. That shower stall in the bathroom, with floor to ceiling glass was something special. Thanks again to Lynn for providing this space.
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Rebuild, or Rehab?
by One won lost won on Feb 8, 2008 1:07 AM EST
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Now that I've teased you into this diary with buzzwords, let me tell what it's all about: The Oakland Coliseum.
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Wanted: Stomper homunculus
by One won lost won on Feb 2, 2008 3:31 PM EST
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Professional Sports Team - Mascot
Reply to: hr@oaklandathletics.com
Date: 2008-02-01, 11:04AM
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Fremont Athletics? or Dodgers?
by One won lost won on May 11, 2007 4:54 PM EDT
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Since the city of Oakland could not muster enough resources to keep the Athletics inside the city limits and Fremont is the irretrievable destination of the Athletics, it is timely to revisit "what could have been": the Dodgers were the first choice of the city of Oakland!
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Why Point at the Sky??
by One won lost won on Apr 6, 2007 3:51 PM EDT
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I don't know how baseball players managed to get on the "fast track" about how things are run in "Heaven".
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/photo?sl...
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Wooden Bats and Their Wood
by One won lost won on Apr 3, 2007 3:43 PM EDT
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Anyone know how bats get certified for Major League usage? I've read snippets here and there. Apparently B. Bonds has one guy do his maple bats, and this guy is swamped. But it is one guy.
California has a woody plant, Arctostaphylos, that would be great for baseball bats. It won't fracture on impact with a baseball, if treated. However, if you cut down a growing Arctostaphylos, it will split and crack if you do not immediately give it (an obscure) treatment.
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