As promised, Jim’s second half of proposals for rescuing the Los Angeles Angels from perpetual exile in the Under .500 club. Remedy Four: Relocate or threaten to relocate. The Oakland A’s were […]
My plan(s) to rescue the Angels
See future through the Smoke
The future has landed in Garden Grove’s Civic Center area. I’m not talking about the Civic Center Revitalization project; that undertaking – including a new police building with adjacent parking structure, as […]
Tough Luck Tony’s latest fall
Now, this is a tough one. Do we roll our eyes over Anthony Rendon’s latest injury, which will put him out of the Angels lineup for the umpteenth time? Is this just […]
Police facility is a smart move
A recent editorial in The Register claimed that Garden Grove simply couldn’t afford the bond issue to finance the construction of a new police facility (with adjacent parking structure) and a new […]
“Baker’s Dozen” was number 1
Writers influence writers, and no sports writer ever influenced me as much as Hugh Baker, the sports columnist for the Garden Grove Daily News (later The Orange County Evening News). From 1959 […]
OCStreetcar may turn out to be a golden path for Santa Ana
Second of two columns on why the OC Streetcar is a good bet. It was before my family came to Orange County, but there was a time when the chief and most […]
The worst sports team name?
In the classic tale of Rip Van Winkle, the title character goes to sleep in colonial America and awakes 20 years later, stunned by the changes he missed, including going from being […]
Opinion: It’s the pessimistic Streetcar Named Downer
As a character in an episode of the TV series “Justified” (one of my Top Five shows) – a bad guy– once said, “Negative thinking leads to negative results.” Not only […]
Opinion: Center city central to Garden Grove’s past, future
As a history buff, I never tire of trying to convince people of the connection between their past, the present and the future. That was done rather adroitly on Wednesday at the […]
Opinion: Caitlin Clark could surprise us by playing in NBA
If you’re one of the many who watched the NCAA basketball finals on Sunday and Monday, perhaps you came away with two observations: the UConn men’s team was the most team-like team […]
