Tag Archives: eddie stankey

coach there’s a zebra at second base

Posted on March 3, 2012 by Dave

Baseball, like any institution has always needed an inventory of necessary myths that sustain it, somehow invoke deity status, and some form of the exceptional that can be woven into the fabric of empire, and by extension claim a piece … Continue reading →

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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

a herd of mobile muskrats

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Dave

I mount the steps and ring the bell, turning Wearily, as one would turn to nod good-bye to Rochefoucauld, If the street were time and he at the end of the street,… ( T.S. Eliot ) As Occupy Wall Street … Continue reading →