Category Archives: Personal
Education Education
Nice to read that my old working class college California State University Los Angeles is still doing good things for the middle and lower classes. The California State college systems were the only colleges that I’d been able to afford or even get into for me. Full-time employment while hitting college these working colleges are …
Today made me realize why I loved Dick Enberg
I had to go to the Clipper game today at 12:30, the plan was to watch the game at Staples and catch the Giant/Packer game at an LA Live eatery before heading home to see what the beautiful people were up to at the Golden Globes. The Clippers played their part in the plan by running …
You can’t take it with you
Five years ago Charles F Feeney promised to give away his billions and this most amazing philanthropist kept that promise. It was a race: Mr. Feeney was then 81, and Atlantic Philanthropies, a collection of private foundations he had started and funded, still had about $1.5 billion left. Flinging money out the window or writing …
Hoops, even for the loneliest number
Basketball celebrates it’s 125th anniversary this month and is as popular as ever. They say 300 Million Chinese play the sport, and the above photo shows that even in the poorest places, they can be found shooting hoops. It is not surprising to me that the sport has become a hit around the world. It …
Merkel Merkel
For all my German friends As the Dodgers get started on their free agency spending spree, it is good to remember they are “the honey with the money”.
Not my slave
Danny Elfman hit my soul many years ago when he penned this brilliant song in 1987 with Oingo Boingo. The lyrics could have many different meanings, it really depends on how you want to interpret them to your particular case. With sadness in my heart and joy in my mind I thought about the ghost that we …
Ducking in with The Donald
For those unfamiliar with the Duck, you can check out the archived Duck Talk Section at TrueBlueLA or the newer Duck Talk here on Dodgers, Yesterday and Today. We ask the questions we want to ask and try to see through the clichéd responses we normally get. Don’t get confused, this is a complete fabrication based on interviews …
Building a ladder
It is the fall of 2008 and I’m staring out the window of the Van Nuys FlyAway Bus that will take me on a flight to Austin to see Jerry for maybe the last time. Jerry had just finished telling me he was too sick to make the drive and that Joe Guggina will be-be …
See you on the radio, Charlie
If you think this column is about Charley Steiner you’d be dead wrong. It is about someone who is famous for his radio show, and who grew up an avid baseball fan on the East Coast, but it is not that Charley. It wasn’t just Vin Scully saying goodbye this weekend, long time Sunday Morning …
Sean Reader is still in our thoughts
With September being Child Cancer Awareness Month, I’m remembering the children who have passed away from Cancer/Leukemia that had an impact on my life. On Opening Day in 2007, the Dodgers presented Sean’s mother and father with seats from Dodger stadium. On the pair of seats is a plate that reads “In Memory of Sean …
Dodgers, Yesterday and Today 