The Angels saw both their three-game winning streak and their chance to climb out of the AL West basement vanish on Sunday. The Los Angeles Clippers clinched their first round Western Conference […]
Clips clinch, Dodgers historical
Living in the “Ghost Season”
The baseball season has reached the point of what would be, in a non-Pandemic season, the All Star break. The Midsummer Classic has always been a glittering exhibition of the game’s finest talents. […]
Angels, Dodgers work overtime
Both the Angels and Dodgers put in extra time on Tuesday, but achieved slightly different results. As for the Los Angeles Clippers, the first few minutes appeared to be all they needed, […]
Ex-FL is trying for strike three
Is the third time the charm? Remember the XFL with weird rules and strange nicknames on the back of uniforms? That was back in 2001 and it was an attempt to establish […]
Dick Allen, the scarred star
Last Sunday Major League Baseball celebrated the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Negro National League, the first of seven different Negro Leagues formed between 1920 and 1960. Beyond such innovations […]
Going off in different directions
We’re about one-third of the way through this special historic and weird 60-game 2020 MLB season, and local fans have reason to both rejoice and relapse. As you are probably aware, the […]
The season of the Big Asterisk*
To Our Readers: Another new column from The Orange County Tribune is “Baseball Notes” from long-time Westminster resident, historian and baseball devotee. It’s been a strange season, but not the first […]
Football faces a 4th and long
Football has survived a lot of setbacks and obstacles over the years. Teddy Roosevelt threatened to outlaw it when it became too violent at the turn of the century. World War II […]
Why aren’t the Angels a hit yet?
The French have a saying (no, not “we surrender!) loosely translated as “the more things change, the more things remain the same.” Welcome to the weird, but somehow familiar 2020 Major League […]
The Happiest Place in the NBA
Remember back when the star player of a championship team would come off the field (or court) and announce “I’m going to Disneyland!”? Well, as far as the National Basketball Association is […]
