San Diego Sports
At the #WinterMeetings2019, I caught up with San Diego radio host Darren Smith and social media content creator Jomboy for their thoughts on the differences between “old media” and “new media.” I also asked whether they think the lines are blurring. First, we hear from Darren. Next, here’s Jomboy: Darren Smith Smith is a radio […]
We all have a tipping point. Mine was when columnist George Will complained about Alex Bregman and Juan Soto carrying their bats to first base in Game 6 of this year’s World Series, saying it was an “infectious virus” and “a stain on baseball’s unwritten standards.” Eyes rolled, including mine. My only regret in that […]
There’s something about a great t-shirt, right? We put it on and think: “Yes. This is who I am.” T-shirts have been around since the beginning of the 20th century, first issued to U.S. soldiers and later popularized by movie stars such as Marlon Brando in the 1951 movie “A Streetcar Named Desire.” For every […]
Last week, I profiled the Nationals, highlighting the delightful quirkiness of the current team while also outlining some historical context (with the help of @SDRedBull8 and @JohnConniff). This past Sunday, I spent most of the day working on a similar story about the Astros, with an overall positive spin on their rebuild efforts and José […]
Like quirky baseball? The 2019 Nationals are crushing it. They dance in the dugout, fans sing along to Gerardo Parra’s walk-up song, and the clubhouse includes “old friend” Fernando Rodney (cap askew, arrows airborne) and Sean Doolittle (Star Wars nerd with a lightsaber always close at hand). Given the Nationals’ convoluted history, it’s refreshing to […]
If you’re on #PadresTwitter, chances are good that you follow Woods, Eric, and Corey. Can you guess who answered a cycle of questions a certain way?
@courtneyskag Courtney (age 28; manager at a software company) was raised in East County. Here’s her take on the ongoing #PadresTwitter debate about Poway. It is not East County. Anything north of Miramar is North County in my book. It’s another world, might as well be Temecula. At the tender age of seven she experienced […]
Tom Pringle (@PadresUK) is a humble dude. He describes himself as a “failed footballer,” and when I asked him to be profiled here, he tried to steer me towards other UK fans, all very worthy in their own right. But I insisted on Tom for this article because he has endeared himself to the #PadresTwitter […]
It was a typical game in July, and I tweeted one of my usual “where are you watching the game today?” posts. Out of a literal corn field came Tim Gilara (@FatdogChubbs), telling me he was tending to his cows in rural Pennsylvania and listening to the radio broadcast of the game. I know we […]