Yesterday I saw Logan Webb, the best starting pitcher on the 2023 San Francisco Giants, come within a strike of pitching a complete game shutout against the Texas Rangers, a team with one of the toughest lineups in baseball. I had wanted to see him for a long time since he emerged as the ace …
After a mediocre start over the first two months of the season, mirroring last year’s precisely .500 record, the San Francisco Giants have caught fire in the last two weeks, winning eleven of the last twelve games and eight of nine against their rivals in the National League West, including a sweep of the Los …
The Golden State Warriors’ 2023 season ended last weekend with their conference semi-final series loss to the Los Angeles Lakers, the final Game 6 result being a 20-point blowout. Though the Warriors had been mostly favored in the series, the result shouldn’t have been a surprise to anyone who follows the NBA regularly. The current …
I didn’t fill out an NCAA March Madness bracket this year. Nor was I planning to watch any of the games. A mild illness changed my plans on the latter, when yesterday my brain was too impaired for anything but mindlessly watching most of three games as the first tournament weekend concluded. My first impression …
California has received a late-season load of snow in recent days, including blizzards in unlikely places such as Los Angeles County. This has meant ideal conditions for snowshoeing, an activity that I and my partner took up a couple of years ago as a low-risk release from pandemic-induced cabin fever. During a break in the …
The last few days have brought a flurry of NBA player trades, more than I can remember in the last few years for a mid-season deadline. Even the Warriors participated, trading their former lottery draft pick James Wiseman in a multi-team deal that netted them Gary Payton II, whom they had previously allowed to depart …
Last Saturday, I took my daughter to see the Golden State Warriors in San Francisco. It was my first live sports event in three years, reflecting my caution regarding COVID and even the run-of-the-mill bugs that I had previously accepted as part of normal life. I missed Stephen Curry, and I missed the excitement that comes …
Last August, my daughter began an 18-month contract to teach English in China. I decided that this was a unique travel opportunity, so after months of planning, arrangements and probably about four grand out of my wallet, I flew to Shanghai for a week to be with her over Christmas. It was an adventure of …