Category Archives: TBLA

King of Victory Blvd

Eight years ago I lost a pet very close to my heart. I wrote about it over at TrueBlueLA as his passing coincided with the emergence of Clayton Kershaw. You knew at the time that Clayton was going to be special but I never thought he or anyone could reach the heights he has reached …

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Blast from the Past – Go Go Go

With Phil on vacation here is a blast from the past with Easter just around the corner. Almost three years to the day, Dee Gordon was enthralling Dodger fans with his blend of speed and excitement. I hearkened back to the day of Maury Wills, and the inaugural season of Dodger Stadium when Maury captivated Dodger …

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Time waits for no man

I wrote this almost eight years ago and as I was re-reading it, most of it still applies today. The new baseball season is about to start with spring training games less than a week away. Since I wrote this one of my three best friends died of cancer, my mother of old age, my …

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