Category Archives: Conversations Real & Imagined

Stalking the Elusive Bird

Yesterday would have been the 57th birthday of my favorite baseball player of all-time, Mark Fidrych. It was declared “Bird Day!” by fellow writer, friend, and Fidrych follower Dan Epstein. Sports Illustrated photographer Joe McNally wrote a wonderful reminiscence about the Bird which … Continue reading

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CONVERSATIONS REAL & IMAGINED: THE WRECK OF ALVIN FITZSIMMONS

Marty, 1953 (an episode of the Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse). Directed by Delbert Mann, written by Paddy Chayefsky. Starring Rod Steiger, Joe Mantell, Nancy Marchand, and Esther Minciotti From the files of “street” critic Guy Fresno. Did I ever tell you … Continue reading

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CONVERSATIONS REAL & IMAGINED: TRUE TALES OF THE CIVIL WAR

The Miracle Worker, 1962. Directed by Arthur Penn, written by William Gibson (not the Cyberpunk guy.) Starring Anne Bancroft, Patty Duke, Inga Swenson, Victor Jory, Andrew Prine, and Kathleen Comegys. I remember when my parents sat us down one night … Continue reading

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CONVERSATIONS REAL & IMAGINED: “WE WAS RIGHT ALL ALONG”

On a perfectly sunny day for a baseball game, as thousands of fans swarmed to the dust heap that is to be the future home of the new Twins Stadium, a good half-mile away a small but dedicated group of … Continue reading

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