BURGER SCOOT

  • “The Greatest Scam that Baseball has seen in years”

    I haven’t written much lately, and now that this story broke, I am speechless. The team I have loved since I was ten is planning to move to Las Vegas in 2027, and there is no simple reason behind the move. Check out CBS Sports Radio’s Damon Amendolara‘s angry editorial from his show. He called Read more

  • Silk vs. the Surface of the Moon

    Larry sat on the dermatologist’s table–his arms extended at 10 and 2. At the same time, med students ran their soft, mostly female fingers over his rough forearms while the dermatologist described Larry’s skin condition as “disseminated superficial actinic porokeratosis,” or DSAP for short. He tried in vain to ignore the dermatologist’s voice as he Read more

  • When Your Fake Teams do Better Than Your Real One

    When Your Fake Teams do Better Than Your Real One

    The regular season is over, and so is the World Series. As an Oakland Athletics fan, my season was over earlier than the final week of the regular season. And being an A’s fan means losing talented players to Free Agency about every two or three seasons. Then, without the money to buy or keep Read more

  • The Little (Fickle) Drummer Boy

    The Little (Fickle) Drummer Boy

    When I was a kid, I used to listen to the teenager who lived on the corner playing his drums. To my adolescent ears, Ray Hotchkiss sounded accomplished, but he probably wasn’t the next Charlie Watts–just a teenager good enough to create and maintain a rhythm. After hearing Ray a few times and seeing Ringo Read more

  • “In a Just Society, Every Day Would Be Labor Day” – Eugene V. Debs

    On Labor Day, there’s perhaps no one better to read than Eugene V. Debs. Here’s his 1903 Labor Day message, never before republished, in which he … Eugene V. Debs: In a Just Society, Every Day Would Be Labor Day Happy Labor Day, everyone. Here’s a short speech from Eugene V. Debs. Read more

  • The Triple: Third Time’s a Charm

    The Triple: Third Time’s a Charm

    I recently found two identical business cards while cleaning up my dresser top’s seemingly perpetual mess. The cards read Golden Senior Softball Club of Sacramento. I remembered picking up one card a year ago and the other about a few months ago. I vaguely recalled being interested in playing softball last year but never got Read more