I’m lazing in the broiling sun, drinking a beer and watching players warm-up when the jerry rigged speakers crackle to life. “Will the person who owns the rust-colored 1982 Oldsmobile Cutlass...
https://cococrispafro.wordpress.com/2024/04/01/the-curious-case-of-darrel-boyd/
“To be alive is to have scars.”–John Steinbeck Recently, I visited a friend in Los Angeles, and in a drunken haze (and remorseful weakness) I decided to buy a pack of cigarettes. It was an ...
https://cococrispafro.wordpress.com/2024/02/19/kong-and-heartbreak/
Like every MLB team, the A’s will hold a Fan Fest this winter. Except the A’s Fan Fest will be provided by the fans, (ahem…for the second year in a row) because team ownership is too busy...
https://cococrispafro.wordpress.com/2024/01/04/the-john-fisher-clown-show-continues/
Did you ever have a girlfriend break up with you but then have the audacity to ask to continue living in your mutual home for a period of time while her new boyfriend builds their future love sha...
https://cococrispafro.wordpress.com/2023/11/17/just-get-the-fck-out-youre-dead-to-me/
“They used to call it a Texas-Leaguer…then it was called a blooper…now it is called a flare.” –Vin Scully I had COVID a few weeks back and the effects were minimal as I only felt slug...
https://cococrispafro.wordpress.com/2023/10/26/october-baseball-and-other-ramblings/
“Baseball must be a great game because the owners haven’t been able to kill it.” –Bill Veeck My hangover was so bad that it seemed to have its own scent and even its own material existenc...
https://cococrispafro.wordpress.com/2023/09/25/sandlot-baseball-bbq-and-hangovers/
“And it is only after seeing man as his unconscious, revealed by his dreams, presents him to us that we shall understand him fully.“–Sigmund Freud She said, “I’m pregnant, and it’s yo...
https://cococrispafro.wordpress.com/2023/08/08/dream-a-little-dream/
A few months back I mentioned that I was going to be published in a book called Backyards to Ballparks. I decided to re-print the essay. If you’re interested in the book, the link can be found ...
https://cococrispafro.wordpress.com/2023/07/11/backyards-to-ballparks/
Thank goodness the All-Star break is finally here…meaning the John Fisher Deep Dive Into Hell is halfway over. The abomination known as the Oakland A’s were swept by the Red Sox over the week...
https://cococrispafro.wordpress.com/2023/07/10/pathetics-swept-in-beantown/
I saw the “reverse boycott” as the last hurrah and a moment of desperation from a fan base that loves a team and has loved that team for over 50 years–owned by a soulless grifter who didn�...