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Bob & David & Pete & Donald
January 17, 2025 – 3:48 PM | 4 Comments
Bob & David & Pete & Donald

Thanks to Reader Gretchen, I have more Bob Uecker-iana than some Brewers fans: multiple bobbles, a Uecker Magic 8 Ball, and an old-school alarm clock that ticks so loudly I had to banish it from …

Dear Professor
December 31, 2024 – 2:21 PM | 2 Comments
Dear Professor

International hero Victor Brombert left us last month. We couldn’t spare him.

The Vine: December 4, 2024
December 5, 2024 – 8:06 AM | 6 Comments
The Vine: December 4, 2024

Dear Sars,

Welcome back! Dear cracking dry hands season, not so much. I’m here to ask you/the readers about a product I could swear I saw mentioned on the Vine ages ago, but I can’t find …

The Vine: November 8, 2024
November 8, 2024 – 11:41 AM | 17 Comments
The Vine: November 8, 2024

Hey. I don’t know what we do now either. I DO know that we’ll need each other going forward, as we always have, for support, mutual aid, and information on where to get high-quality wide-calf …

How I Became A Baseball Fan
September 21, 2015 – 8:36 AM | 32 Comments
How I Became A Baseball Fan

Thanks, Doc.