The man behind The Rockford Files

Stephen J. Cannell, RIP... thanks for all the fun hours!

bye-bye Manny

Manny Ramirez is one of the greatest hitters of all time -- and he is also kind of a nut. He was probably the kind of kid who just laughed when Mom yelled that she was calling him for the last time.

But how much nuttier are the fans and sports writers who act all astonished that greatness and nuttiness could possibly come in the same package? Don't newspapers keep morgues no more?

As for Manny, despite his many pains and personal problems, he's still a guy who will scare the bejesus out of any pitcher who has to face him in a tight spot, and that's a good skill this time of year. So --

Go Sox!

karmageddon

Wouldn't ya know, K-Rod managed to screw up his hand in that stupid fight and now is out for the season... not that it matters much for them hapless Mets...

sor-ry...

Is this guy sorry or what?

"I look forward to being a better person"
-- K-Rod, N.Y. Mets

sentence du jour

From The Diamond as Big as the Ritz, by F. Scott Fitzgerald:

The Montana sunset lay between two mountains like a gigantic bruise from which dark arteries spread themselves over a poisoned sky."

blogadelica

   The experts say aspiring authors like me should have a blog, so here begins mine.


   I'm reading a fascinating book right now, "The Price was High", a posthumous collection of stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald. As editor Matthew Bruccoli points out (over & over & over), these aren't his best, but nobody writes better sentences than Scott, and that makes for 700+ pages of great reading.


   More soon!