What Might Have Been

December 21, 2020

This season, our long drought ended, and the Dodgers brought home the trophy. What a great feeling. And over the last few years we have come close, and just fell short. But in the days before the present system was set up and league expansion, there were only 2 winners. No second chance at a title. Just two teams battling it out for MLB supremacy. Four times in their history,…

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What Might Have Been

October 1, 2020

I have been redoing all my music on my computer. I could not download files onto my MP-3 player because they were corrupted. So I deleted them all and am re ripping them to the computer. While doing so, I was listening to a tune by Little Texas. You guessed it, the title is ” What Might Have Been “. And I took that to apply to ball players whose careers…

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FRANK “HONDO” HOWARD – THE GENTLE GIANT (Friday)

August 21, 2020

In 1999 Nike came out with a clever commercial featuring Tom Glavine, Greg Maddux, Mark McGwire and Heather Locklear.  Rather than pay attention to the Cy Young award winning pitchers, Glavine and Maddux, Heather swooned over Mark McGuire and his ability to hit the ball over the fence.  After a stringent work out regiment, Glavine and Maddux hit some out in batting practice and, for the first time, Heather Locklear…

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CHUCK ESSEGIAN – HE OF THE PINCH HIT HOME RUNS

August 11, 2020

One of my most memorable moments as a young Dodger fan was when Chuck Essegian hit a pinch -hit homerun in game two of the 1959 World Series, to tie the game.   I was only eight years old at the time, but I could tell from the excitement in Vin Scully’s voice that this home run was a very dramatic and important moment for the Dodgers.   I can also remember…

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