We haven’t had many basketball related posts here on EWC. There was my ill-fated attempt at following Jianlian Yi’s progress in the NBA, and then there was the time that Jackson decided to not only publically admit he was a T-wolves fan, but went so far to spend some energy venting about Kevin McHale. Although, [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Gratuitous 80's Nostalgia'
Starbury Arrives in China, Salary TBD
February 8th, 2010 · 6 Comments
Tags: Gratuitous 80's Nostalgia · Lost in Translation
Throwback Time: 1980’s Anti-Drug Public Service Announcements
January 24th, 2009 · 1 Comment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cOvz3Jx7oo
My buddy Jason out in the bay area sent this my way–a website called Home Run Derby with the tagline advertising itself as “not nearly as yuppie as other baseball sites” has gathered a nice collection of anti-drug public service announcements from the Nancy Reagan era.
Check out Mike Schmidt, a really intense Reggie Jackson, Gary [...]
Tags: Gratuitous 80's Nostalgia · History
The Greatest Game Never Seen: Lenn Haruki Sakata’s 15 Minutes of Glory
July 18th, 2008 · 4 Comments
Not quite sure why Lenn Sakata came to mind today. Maybe it’s because I’m still combing the waiver wire for a stopgap measure at shortstop in the EWC fantasy league. Maybe it’s the giant poster of John Lowenstien we keep in our family living room.
In any case, in researching my salute to the [...]
Tags: Gratuitous 80's Nostalgia · Tributes