My Baseball Pupil (part 1)

I’ve spent so much time telling y’all about my pretty cool holidays that I haven’t told you the next part about my being hired as a “baseball tutor” to a kid in Pasadena who wants to make the team at his high school. His parents, who know me through their older son Carter, who hangs … Continue reading My Baseball Pupil (part 1) →

My Birthday (last part)

For my birthday last week, Joyce gave me an amazing present – a necklace just like the one Cody Bellinger wears under his jersey. She also took me out to an awesome steakhouse, decorated the house in a baseball birthday theme, and got me a Dodgers ice cream cake with 26 candles. She also had … Continue reading My Birthday (last part) →

My Birthday (part 1)

So I had a great 26th birthday. It even lasted two days. Maybe it wasn’t a Block birthday like when I was growing up, but it proved that California birthdays can be pretty awesome too. (And, no matter what Keaton says, it wasn't gay lol.) The day began with a call from Mom...a little earlier … Continue reading My Birthday (part 1) →

World Series Game 5. It sucks.

So I guess that’s that. The Dodgers lost the World Series. I don’t usually get depressed, but this has me seriously bummed out. I didn't hang out at Keaton’s after Sunday’s game and take it out on the punching bag. I didn’t even feel like another beer. In the interviews after the game, the guys … Continue reading World Series Game 5. It sucks. →

World Series Games 3 & 4

So I met this dude from Cal Tech at Rocco’s on Friday, and, yeah, I was right: Einstein did say that insanity was repeating the same experiment and expecting a different result. Remember what I said about how insane Dave Roberts’ managing’s gotten in the World Series? Putting Ryan Madson into Game 2 after he … Continue reading World Series Games 3 & 4 →

So We Won the Pennant

So they’ve made it to the World Series again. I high-fived a bunch of dudes last night at the bar and walking down Green after Kershaw got that last out, and watched the team celebrate with champagne and beer… I wonder if I’m the only person who got the feeling that their hearts weren’t completely … Continue reading So We Won the Pennant →

Brewers 2, Dodgers 5

Sometimes I wonder whether anyone out there is reading my blog. Now I know the answer is yes. And I know who’s reading it, too: The Dodgers Maybe Brian Dozier likes to keep his eye on southerners’ baseball blogs and he found my post about Game 4 of the NLCS. Then he went around the … Continue reading Brewers 2, Dodgers 5 →

Brewers 1, Dodgers 2 (in 13!)

I wanted them to call last night’s Game 4 of the NLCS a stalemate so we could turn off the TV. Not a tie. A stalemate. Like in chess. The game finally did get exciting…in the bottom of the 13th inning. Don’t get me wrong: I’m glad as heck that the Dodgers won, but, dang, … Continue reading Brewers 1, Dodgers 2 (in 13!) →

Last Friday at the Volcano (last part)

Last Friday (when the Dodgers won Game 2 of the NLDS), I was hanging out at the Volcano, the bar where Keaton’s one of the bouncers. While I was taking about the game with a Parrots teammate and two of his buddies, a fight broke out between a latino dude and a USC boy. Keaton … Continue reading Last Friday at the Volcano (last part) →

The Manny Machado Trade

So the thing they couldn’t stop talking about during the All Star game (told you the game was boring!) finally happened yesterday: Manny Machado has become a Dodger. If you trust lameass Twitter, Justin Turner and Alex Wood are all excited about it. They look all spontaneous about it too. Real spontaneous. Ok, so first thing … Continue reading The Manny Machado Trade →