A Perfect Day
(Originally Published August 23, 2017) July 18th, 1999 was a blistering hot day. My father, as a joint birthday present for my brother and I got us tickets to see the New York Yankees take on the Montreal Expos at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. It was also going to be Yogi Berra Day...
Songs of September
(Originally Published January 31, 2017) “I wish that I knew what I know now, when I was younger.” That’s the chorus of “Ooh La La”, one of my favorite songs by The Faces. The song is a dialogue between a grandfather and his grandson, with the elder cautioning the younger about the perils of...
In The Good Old Summertime Part 1: Manhunt
(Originally Published March 26, 2019) During the past couple of years I’ve noticed a trend on YouTube, adults playing games of hide and seek. On the surface it seems like an utterly ridiculous thing for grown men and women to be doing, emblematic of a Millennial generation of Peter Pans. And while I admire...
In The Good Old Summertime Part 2: Memories of a Bush Leaguer
Katie Casey was baseball mad, Had the fever and had it bad. Just to root for the home town crew, Ev’ry sou Katie blew. On a Saturday her young beau Called to see if she’d like to go To see a show, but Miss Kate said “No, I’ll tell you what you can do:” Take...