Tag Archives: Branch Rickey

self made fan: not so crazy guggenheims

Posted on May 12, 2012 by Dave

According to legend, on a certain Sabbath eve Meyer Guggenheim, patriarch of the family that was to become so rich and heavy laden, summoned his seven sons into his study, one by one. To each in turn he showed seven … Continue reading →

Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Barbara Guggenheim, Branch Rickey, Buddenbrooks syndrome, Debi Unger, Francis Morrone, Jackson Pollock, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Meyer Guggenheim, Peggy Guggenheim, Roger Straus Sr., Thomas Mann, Thomas Sully | Leave a comment

ragged glory

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Dave

There is something ironic about seeing that video of Danish protesters, unarmed and non-violent getting absolutely smashed silly by riot police and then juxtaposing that footage with the same ugly use of force against illegal Jewish settlers, – breaking secular … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Amona expulsion, Branch Rickey, Chutzpa Productions, Colonel Bird Bergen Belsen, cornell capa, eichmann trial, gilad shalit, gush katif, gush katif expulsion, Hatikva lyrics, Holocaust Remembrance Day, Igal Hecht, Naphtali Herz Imber, Noam Shalit, Robert Capa, St. George and the Dragon, Yom Ha'Shoah | Leave a comment

land day: blasting into now time

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Dave

Looking at the Middle-East and the world in general, it does not seem that retaining religious character puts people off in a secular age. Rather it seems to have found its own vernacular within the everyday, the “ready-mades” of life … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged a.m. klein, Branch Rickey, Israel Land Day demonstration, Israel Land Day riots, Jerusalem riots 1929, Marcel Duchamp, max dimont, Menahem Kahana, rabbi ahron cohen, Walter Benjamin | Leave a comment

uncanny valley of reality

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Dave

There was a post yesterday on Branch Rickey, the baseball general manager who masterminded the integration of baseball and signed Jackie Robinson, Roy Campanella and others to his Brooklyn Dodgers roster. Rickey was an enigmatic figure, occupying some uncanny valley … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Branch Rickey, Charlie Dressen, Jackie Robinson, Jimmy Breslin, leo durocher, Mac Kreindler, red barber, Satchel Paige, tex rickards, The Gashouse Gang, Tom Seats, Werner Fassbinder | Leave a comment

the thin white line

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Dave

He was known for the quote, “luck is the residue of opportunity and design,” even though it was most likely a misattribution, but even then, John Milton and Paradise Lost could have served as pretext for much of Branch Rickey’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged billy beane, bobby bragan, Branch Rickey, Buck O'Neill, don newcombe, Jackie Robinson, Jimmy Breslin, John Milton Paradise Lost, Josh Gibson, Ken Burns, michael Lewis Moneyball, roger kahn, roy campanella, sam breadon, Satchel Paige | Leave a comment

dads and diamonds: fields of schemes and dreams

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Dave

Samir could just not figure it out. The old man had come over from the Old Country in the early 1950′s and started a new business in a new land. Father George was from the old school. A lot of … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Baseball Color Barrier, Branch Rickey, eddie stankey, Jackie Robinson, leo durocher, the munsters, the munsters tv series | Leave a comment

just good enough

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Dave

The risk taker. Difficult. unsupportable. In many respects deeply flawed with a taste for the spotlight, fine clothing and the better things in life to a degree that was uncommon. An intensity and passion that was almost frightening. But also … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged A.B. Happy Chandler, Baseball Color Barrier, Branch Rickey, casey stengel, don adams, Ebbets field, Ed Stanky, Jackie Robinson, leo durocher, nikolai leskov, Norman Rockwell, Slavoj Zizek, Walter Benjamin, Wille Mays | Leave a comment

to be a mobile muskrat

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Dave

This story resembles something I heard a long time ago. So, I guess, would surmise, there is some truth to it. A family that comes from a poor background works hard, take advantage of their breaks and builds a nice … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Branch Rickey, Eddie Stanky, frank graham journalist, leo durocher, mel ott, stanley proctor, wystan hugh auden | Leave a comment

Leo and the stick man

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Dave

Its about storytelling.Its about old wild men. But not the kind of tales told by the old beaks over a coffee at the mall, dangling worry beads like imaginary large fish they never caught. Old men and the sea who … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Al Davis, Branch Rickey, charley finley, Danny kaye, Eddie Stanky, frank graham journalist, isaac babel, Larraine Day, leo durocher, mel ott, tim roth little odessa, Tony Curtis, Willie Mays, wystan hugh auden, Yogi Berra | Leave a comment

CASEY AT THE PLATE: BATTER UP IN BABYLON

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Dave

Gambling, like pornography, has somehow arranged itself to be completely normalized; an integral element in our service based economy. It is still on the margins of acceptable discourse at the Sunday family supper, sort of doing a limbo under the … Continue reading →