Forget roses, inhale the sweet smell of another baseball journey

Wednesday night I had tickets to the last game of the year for the Clippers or the Dodger / Giant game. The Clipper game had appeal because after 8 years I was going to give up my season tickets...

I'd just like to mention someone who died this past week who was only known by the students, parents, and fellow teachers she touched. They closed the school this afternoon so that everyone could...

For the last four years I've felt like a stranger in a strange land. That changed last night. In the middle of our inconsequential prospect election, our country held it's own, and swept in a man...

I wrote this last December but never published it. I wish the original ending was still true. Tweny one years ago as I was approaching my 28th birthday I was recently divorced, lost all our mutual...

When they first announced the Wooden/Scully affair at the Nokia center I was very excited and quickly looked into getting tickets but for some reason I didn't pull the trigger, and as the date...

Discussion of prostate cancer was at the center of Jon's thread when he posted that Davy Lopes had been diagnosed and was having surgery. He was an integral part of the 1973-1981 Dodgers, which won...

In July of 2007 Andrew invited me to write for True Blue and while I accepted with great trepidation it has been a gas for me. The last English class I took was a do over 30 years ago when I failed...

Josh Wilker the author of Cardboard Gods, The Book finished the best series he's ever done which is saying a lot since everything he writes is spellbinding.   It is hard to write after reading...

My life is such that just about any moment I can connect the dots to baseball. As I watched the Dodger press conference and saw Kuroda for the 1st time I was struck by his resemblance to an old...

He sat on his bed and wondered why life sucked. Was it that long ago that he watched his idol blow through the hated Yankee's at Dodger Stadium? The same player he used to adore he now reviled. He...

We wouldn't need to blog if we had more writers like this. Link is dead

Sean's Game Jay was a good friend and business associate who was in his mid 20's when he dropped a bomb on the rest of us. Even though his beautiful and supportive wife was pregnant he was going to...

I split 4 season tickets with the owner of this company. It used to be a 3 way split with my brother but he moved to Alabama after selling his house and hoped to open his own shoe store. Thus, I...

Guess Writer BHSPORTSGUY As I gathered my fleece blanket at the gate, I walked toward my seat at Dodger Stadium not knowing what to expect.  The Dodgers needed this game but their nemesis, Jake...

Sean Reader passed away from leukemia about one year ago, on August 14, 2006. He was twelve when he passed away, and as the Dodgers start their ThinkCure! campaign, I can't help but think that...