Wednesday, March 10th, 2010RealClearSports: The Book on Willie MaysBy Art Spander SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — He sits in the clubhouse of the San Francisco Giants’ spring headquarters, spectacles pushed atop his head, sometimes playing cards, frequently playing with our memories. Willie Mays seems his age now, 78, hearing reduced, eyesight inhibited. Yet in the mind’s eye he remains forever young. © RealClearSports 2010 |
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Friday, March 5th, 2010RealClearSports: Will the Milton Bradley Problem Be Solved?By Art Spander PEORIA, Ariz. - Maybe it works this time. Maybe the presence of someone Milton Bradley so admires he would ask for his autograph makes a difference. Maybe the anger which has caused a nearly ritual dismissal by team after team does not get in the way of the talent which causes a nearly ritual acquisition by team after team. Maybe. Just maybe. © RealClearSports 2010 |
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Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010SF Examiner: A’s deflect distractions to concentrate on baseballBy Art Spander SAN FRANCISCO — This is about the other team from the Bay — the one which chooses to put faded tarps on a third of the seats of its stadium, the one which makes us remember the way it was and causes us to think it never will be that way again. This is about the would-be-San-Jose-but-shouldn’t-leave-Oakland A’s. Copyright 2010 SF Newspaper Company |
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Monday, March 1st, 2010Global Golf Post: Say Hey, Mays Thinks Tiger Should Come Back SoonBy Art Spander SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — Some 15 miles from the Tournament Players Club, Willie Mays sat in the clubhouse of the San Francisco Giants’ spring training facility, asking questions and giving opinions about Tiger Woods. “When’s he coming back?” wondered Mays, the baseball Hall of Famer, echoing everyone else. Copyright 2010 Global Golf Post |
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Wednesday, February 24th, 2010RealClearSports: The Joy Is Back in MudvilleBy Art Spander SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — It is time for the annual rites of baseball. Spring training has no wrongs. The joy is back in Mudville. And in Scottsdale. Winter recedes. The season approaches. Young men think about tomorrow. Older men reminisce about yesterday. © RealClearSports 2010 |
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Wednesday, January 27th, 2010SF Examiner: Giants win this round against NYBy Art Spander SAN FRANCISCO — It’s usually the Giants or A’s who are left standing with their mouths open and checkbooks closed. Especially when a team from New York is involved. That’s why re-signing Bengie Molina was of itself a small triumph. The guy can barely hobble down to first base. We know that. Copyright 2010 SF Newspaper Company |
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Wednesday, January 20th, 2010RealClearSports: Yogi, Wisest Fool of the Past 50 YearsBy Art Spander LA QUINTA, Calif. — Steroids? “I don’t even know what steroids look like,” said Yogi Berra. But he knows what baseball looks like. And life looks like. And success looks like. Lawrence Peter Berra, 84, master of the malaprop, genuine good guy, genuinely great ballplayer, full of stories but not of himself, was talking about everyone from Bob Hope to Mark McGwire. © RealClearSports 2010 |
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Wednesday, January 6th, 2010SF Examiner: New year doesn’t bring much hope for Bay Area sportsBy Art Spander SAN FRANCISCO — This is a happy new year? The 49ers reveling because they didn’t lose more games than they won. The Raiders groping because they did lose more games than they won. The Warriors making us wish it were baseball season. The Giants and A’s making us wonder why we should wish it were baseball season. Copyright 2010 SF Newspaper Company |
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