Saying farewell to the Say Hey Kid

Willie Mays died last night at age 93, news that most Americans woke up to today. So did I, by checking the text my daughter sent me last night shortly after I’d dropped off to sleep. Although I never saw Willie play in person, I saw him play on TV in many an All-Star game […]

The healing comfort of baseball broadcasts and books

Little did I realize that when I wrote my previous post, I had some medical adventures in store — and that baseball would once again be a tonic in unsettled times. I’ll spare you the details of what I’ve been going through and emerging from, but I must note that the first inkling I was […]

Tim Lincecum wears Red Bull to the Giants’ World Series celebration

As I watched the Giants’ victory parade wind through the streets of San Francisco, I peered hard at the TV screen to see what kind of cap Tim Lincecum was wearing. Turns out it was a Red Bull cap, something I could only verify by checking the remarkable string of pictures rolling in over the […]