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The Beauty of Baseball
The Milwaukee Brewers won their first National League playoff game against the Chicago Cubs today. It was delicious to watch for a dozen reasons, not the least of which everyone in Milwaukee hates the Cubs and their manager, Craig Counsell, a hometown boy, former… Continue Reading “The Beauty of Baseball”
Two A Day #20: No Hope, No Baseball
Spring training starts today for the Milwaukee Brewers. That means the baseball season is just around the corner. They say baseball is a metaphor for life. I think it’s true but not just in terms of what happens on the field. People who love… Continue Reading “Two A Day #20: No Hope, No Baseball”
Perennials
Cleats clicking on the sidewalk New uniforms over high school underwear, new socks belonging to the team A bat a cane for the old coach still in the game, telling what’s next to listeners Hands shaking and shaken, trash talk polite in the pre-season,… Continue Reading “Perennials”
Chinooks 1, Brewers 0
All of you sad sack Brewer fans should cash in your season tickets and stop your morning weeping over the sports page and become Lakeshore Chinook fans instead. Here’s ten reasons why. I’ll go in David Letterman order. #10: The Chinooks are owned by… Continue Reading “Chinooks 1, Brewers 0”
What We Can Learn from Ryan Braun
There are lessons we can learn from Ryan Braun and they aren’t about fielding or hitting. They’re about patience and certitude, control and timing. When Braun spoke yesterday standing by himself on the field at Maryvale, the Milwaukee Brewers Spring Training Facility in Arizona,… Continue Reading “What We Can Learn from Ryan Braun”
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Listen to Jan read her essay “Billy” presented on WUWM’s Lake Effect
Jan’s essay “At the Breakfast Bar” on WUWM Lake Effect
Jan’s essay “The Parish Hall,” on WUWM Lake Effect
“Fury Cannot Touch Me,” Modern Love, NYT, 9/29/11
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