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Bootleg City: The Outfield, 1985-’86
Last Saturday I discussed the global economic woes that have trickled down to many American cities in the past year, including Bootleg City. The recession has led to crippling budget cuts here, and now
Read More »How Bad Can It Be?: Fightstarters
The point of a column like this is not to be a consumer guide, or to give “thumbs up”/”thumbs down” to the latest media product (which is just as well since Ebert owns the
Read More »Basement Songs: John Fogerty, “Centerfield”
Spring is in the air, and the baseball season is still young -- which has Scott Malchus thinking about the eternal hope of the hardcore fan while listening to John Fogerty's "Centerfield."
Read More »How Bad Can It Be?: Toward a New Jock-Rock Canon
The calendar may define it as March 21, but any baseball fan knows that Opening Day is the real first day of Spring. With a new season just kicking into gear, it’s time to
Read More »Basement Songs: Dave Matthews Band, “Steady As We Go”
A winter chill crept into our sunny spring Sunday and we all donned heavy coats to go to a baseball game. Tickets to the World Baseball Classic between the United States and Japan had
Read More »10 Things to Love/Hate about the World Baseball Classic
Tonight Japan and Korea will face off in a grudge match at Dodger Stadium – having already split four games over the last two weeks — in the finale of the second World Baseball
Read More »Eight Great Ways to Piss Off a Ballplayer
A couple weeks ago, I planned a weeknight getaway down to Anaheim to watch the Angels play against their closest rival for the division crown, the Oakland A’s. We took the Metrolink train down
Read More »Political Culture: Two Guys Named George Play Ball
In our current age of hyper-partisan combat and contempt – to which I have proven myself at least as susceptible as my fellow fifth-rate political blatherers – it sure does chap my ass when
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