Lightning In a Bottle – by Martin Pierce

I generally don’t do theater reviews, but seeing as how this one was in Seattle, and it’s about the 2001 Seattle Mariners, and I got invited to see it, I figured I would.
The story takes place in the fictional Jet City Diner, owned by Joe, the seasoned Mariners fan, and staffed by his angry twenty-four [...]

Vote for the Moose.

A quick word from our friends at the Mascot Hall of Fame.
The 2007 Ballot for Induction has been announced, and you can go to the MHoF website to vote for your furry favorite of the six professional and six collegiate nominees.
As a Mariners fan, I highly encourage you to vote for the Mariner Moose.
Voting runs [...]

Three Nights in August by Buzz Bissinger

With the playoff race heating up, this week we look at a book that came out in 2005 but is more appropriate than ever – Buzz Bissinger’s Three Nights in August.
For a team in the playoff hunt, August is when the pressure really starts to turn on. The heat of the dog days of summer [...]

A Great Day in Cooperstown by Jim Reisler

If you’ve been to the Hall of Fame, you know what a magical place it is. Set in the small village of Cooperstown, New York, going there almost transports you back into time.
But the Hall wasn’t always there, you know.
In his new book – A Great Day In Cooperstown, Jim Reisler takes you inside the [...]

The Card – by Michael O’Keeffe and Teri Thompson

Art has the Mona Lisa – jewelry, the Hope Diamond. But in baseball cards, the Holy Grail is a 98 year old piece of cardboard, barely 2 and a half inches long and just under 2 inches wide. It’s known simply as “The Card” – a 1909 T206 Honus Wagner.
And just how [...]