We had the 28th annual Sun Baseball League draft the other night. And before I go any further, I am reminded of a comment I overheard while covering the 2006 Winter Olympics at Turin — and may even have had on this blog somewhere, sometimes. I’m not exactly sure who said this, but I believe […]

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I haven’t done a list in ages. Since before Hong Kong. Maybe since before Beijing. I was looking occasionally at the Pro Bowl today, and I remembered a stat about that … So, in the vein of “it’s all about me” … 10 events I covered, as a sports writer — that happened an impossibly […]

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Just musing, after carrying a huge, bright red box labeled “Trojan Condoms” to the recycle bin … At what age does taking that now-empty case of, uh, amorous accessories — become more of a laugh-out-loud moment than a potential point of pride? I’m not sure, but I know I definitely am on the high side […]

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I haven’t done one of these already, have I? An Angels top 10? I’m confident I have not. To the point that I’m not going to search my own blog. The Angels. Hmmm. The deal with them? I saw them play, a lot, when I was a teen. Once I got a driver’s license, and […]

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No matter how many “personal all-time top-10 Dodgers” lists I compile, as I decline into senility, I can guarantee this: Andruw Jones will never make the list. Neither will Kevin Brown, Bill Buckner, Juan Pierre … nor Jeff Kent.

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Former colleague Dennis Pope points out I already had done a “favorite Dodgers” list before I did the one just below. So, yes, I’m officially losing it. I had a flicker of a “did I do this before? Nahhh!” thought before going on ahead. The amusing thing is how the lists differ. Orel Hershiser is […]

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This was my favorite sports team, as a kid. I have a vivid memory of lying on the floor in front of a speaker in my parents living room, elbows down, my face in my hands, listening to Vin Scully do a Dodgers game. Was it an important Dodgers game? Maybe. Maybe not. Thing is, […]

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I haven’t done a list in ages. Just got out of the habit. I’ve always worked under the assumption that everyone is like me … and sees the world in a sort of hierarchical sense. Best to worst, favorite to least favorite … and, wait, maybe that’s not a reasonable assumption. Anyway, I tend to […]

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I saw some of these in person. Which means I’d like to see them again. The others, I’d like to watch for the first time. What prompted this line of thinking was hearing from the Dave Brett guy (davebrett.com) who has the huge library of U.S.-related soccer tapes/DVDs. I was looking at his list … […]

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You saw it, and wish you hadn’t. Game 4 of the NBA Finals. Lakers 70, Celtics 50, six minutes to play in the third quarter. Celtics 97, Lakers 91, when it ended. It was on tape on ESPN late Thursday night, and I couldn’t bring myself to watch it, even in a clinical way. It […]

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