February 2006 Archives

Just when you thought Barry Bonds couldn't do anything off the field to make people smile, he dresses like Paula Abdul in the Giants' "American Idol" contest. That is, if Paula Abdul ever wore a muu-muu and shower sandals. Captions...
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If it were only this easy. Meanwhile, the Chron's Phil Frank continues to beat the Mays Field drum in his cartoon strip "Farley." To aid the cause, I bought a couple Mays Field T-shirts and will proudly wear them, perhaps...
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A couple small print updates: * Added to the link list is Giants Jottings, which features spring training photos. Posting pictures of Noah Lowry pitching live BP in late February is crueller than making a homeless man sleep downwind from...
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Some of the finest music writing around is found in the pages of No Depression, the "alt-country" bible. Some of our finest local scribes have appeared there, and it's helped define (and promote) a musical genre without quite pigeon-holing it:...
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Do you know why hatters were considered mad, by the way? Because they worked with a type of mercury to cure and shape fur hats. Hello, OSHA? I'm having a tea party. Won't you join us? Deadspin has the most...
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This week's caption contest came to a screeching halt thanks to Josh from Hollywood's entry. Strong work, JfH. I realize I also forgot to name a winner to the previous caption contest. It was a tie: Anthony, with his A-Rod...
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This is Mike Murphy, Giant equipment manager, getting the new spring-training clubhouse ready. He seems to be putting items of clothing in Barry Bonds's locker. Alternative captions, please. Also, please note that "Murph" has won the McCovey Chronicles nickcainname contest....
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I haven't written much about the World Baseball Classic this winter because I don't want to keel over at my keyboard in a narcoleptic fit. . . . . . . . Sorry -- where was I? Oh yes. World...
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I haven't read a baseball book since the outstanding Sandy Koufax biography, so I got frisky and ordered two Will Carroll tomes today, The Juice and Saving the Pitcher. The latter topic particularly interests me in the twilight of my,...
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Until this weekend, I hadn't paid much attention to the news of Barry Bonds's deal with ESPN to do an all-Barry, all-the-time reality show. It's not something I'd watch -- for reasons beyond not having cable TV, that is --...
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Giants executive Larry Baer (who always makes me sing, "he was a scary baer, he was a larry baer") unpacked some adjectives this morning to let me, Esteemed Season Ticket Holder, in on some news before it even broke: SBC...
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