Anniversary
Posted on Monday, January 26, 2004 @ 2:50 pm
Filed Under Baseball, Dabbler, MWLguide
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Eight years ago today, I posted the essay A Fan's Guide to the Midwest League; thus was born the website with the same name.
Denny
Posted on Saturday, January 10, 2004 @ 11:55 am
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McLain's a talented, funny, apparently intelligent guy. If he'd gone in for honest work, it seems likely he could have parlayed his baseball fame into a broadcasting career and gotten sufficiently rich to make most folks happy. Instead, he turned rotten and blights some of Michigan's favorite memories.
The Wonderful Sea Voyage
Posted on Thursday, January 8, 2004 @ 10:07 am
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Alison's musical space is an odd one--somewhere between New Age and Bluegrass, with a Jazz inflection and a nod to R&B. Interesting, impressive, and often delightful stuff, but in a place that's likely to stress your musical prejudices....
You Gotta Believe
Posted on Tuesday, January 6, 2004 @ 10:54 am
Filed Under Baseball, Family, Obituaries, Stories
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The day after we moved her home, the nurse from the hospice called to inquire whether Mom understood how sick she was; her caretakers were convinced she wasn't showing the proper gravity or something. I assured Marilyn that Mom was well aware of her prognosis. Mom, an occasionally witty but never particularly cheerful person, was quite certain that she'd not survive if she let the illness defeat her spirit; she was, by insisting on relentless optimism, fighting on, even in her last days.
A New Year
Posted on Thursday, January 1, 2004 @ 1:14 am
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Thank goodness. 2003 was not a good year....
