There’s a starman waiting in the sky.  He’d like to come and meet us, but he thinks he’d blow our minds.  -David Bowie

After seeing the above preview for the Bill Lee documentary SPACEMAN: A Baseball Odyssey, my mind began to wander.  It began to wander to a simpler place in time.  It began to wander to when you could get still get baseball cards for a dime.  It began to wanter to when Bill Lee was in his junk ball prime.  Aaah Bill Lee, prophet in his own mind.  Bill “the Spaceman” Lee, my favorite baseball player of all time.      Read More »

Let’s begin again, begin the begin.  Let’s begin again like Martin Luther zen.  The mythology begins the begin.  -REM

Public Service Announcement:  Ok, here we go!  Woooo doggie!  Red Sox/Yankees.  If this doesn’t get your panties in a bunch, better call Dr. Kavorkian ‘cause there’s no hope for you.  May as well get the rope for you.  Maybe try some dope for you.  The greatest rivalry of them all.  Better than all the rest.  Better than Redskins/Cowboys.  Better than Ohio State/Michigan.  Better than Maple Leafs/Canadiens.  Better than Giants/Dodgers.  Better than all of ‘em.  A few episodes back on Lost, unLocke asks Kate:  “Have you ever had an enemy?  Someone that you needed to hate?  Very powerful, isn’t it?”  It certainly is.           Read More »

Boy, the way Glenn Miller played.  Songs that made the Hit Parade.  Guys like us, we had it made.  Those were the days.  -All In The Family

Public Service Announcement: OK, here we go!  The Boston Red Sox.  My Team.  Always have been.  Always will be.  We go together like rama lama lama ke ding a de dinga a dong.  Remembered for ever like shoo bop shoo wadda wadda yipitty boom de boom.  Sherman, set the Way Back Machine to 1977.  Ahhh 1977.  Gary Gilmore is executed by firing squad in Utah.  Star Wars.  Elvis dies.  Sir Duke.  The Red Sox.  We’ve all seen Bronx is Burning.  I saw it too.  I saw it first hand.  I saw it from the other side.  The Fenway side.  Youngest of six.  Youngest of four boys.  My father’s favorite words:  Take Josh with you.  Oh, you’re going to the donkey basketball game, take Josh with you.  Oh, you’re going roller-skating, take Josh with you.  Oh you’re going to the Red Sox, take Josh with you.  And take me they did.         Read More »