Tag Archives: mel ott

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

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 →