THE BLEACHER BUM

Dear constant reader (and you first-timers), I’m writing this column from the upper deck of an Amtrak Pacific Surfliner train car, barreling northward, heading home to the Central Coast from the Magic Kingdom, also known as Anaheim. As the “Big A” of Anaheim Stadium and the industrially staid Honda Center drift farther from view, I […]

Hey folks, it’s been a while since I rapped at ya’, and here we are at the end of another decade. Really? What happened to the last 10 years? It seems like only yesterday I was huddled in my underground bunker with my cans of creamed corn and Doritos, watching The Matrix and waiting for […]

I have a confession to make. No, I’m not going to watch Chuck Liddell dance with the stars—but it’s equally embarrassing: I suffer from Seasonal Geek Obsession Disorder (SGOD), a condition generally marked by a dramatic increase in weekend television watching and box score analyzing, particularly on Sundays. I begin to notice the symptoms in […]

Summer is officially here—the beaches are packed with tourists and college kids on break, the weather is heating up like a secret Argentinean tryst, and the Boys of Summer are back in full swing. I’m talkin’ baseball. Not Willie, Mickey, and the Duke exactly, but Manny Ramirez and the Los Angeles Dodgers. Barring any unforeseen […]

I ’m not gonna lie, it’s a slow week for sports. With spring high school athletics winding down for summer break it appears this good ship has hit the doldrums, captain. But as the old Hegelian saying goes— (actually it was the president’s lackey Rahm Emanuel)—“You never want a serious crisis to go to waste.” […]