For 33 years, Pete Van Wiern was one of the voices of the Atlanta Braves. Of Mikes and Men is Pete’s book about his more than four decades as a sports broadcaster. Since most of his career was spent announcing Braves games, most of his book is about the Braves. So, I really enjoyed of… Continue reading Reviewing of Mikes and Men
Category: My Life
Reviewing Shadow Prey
Shadow Prey is the second book in John Sandford’s Lucas Davenport series. Like the first book in the series, there were things I liked about Shadow Prey and things I didn’t like.
Reviewing Atomic Days
Joshua Frank’s Atomic Days: the Untold story of the most toxic place in America describes the history of and the ongoing efforts to clean up the Hanford nuclear site in the state of Washington. As someone who had never heard of Hanford until a few years ago, I think the history of Hanford and what… Continue reading Reviewing Atomic Days
Reviewing Why we Love Baseball
Joe Posnanski’s Why we Love Baseball is a must read for any baseball fan.
Reviewing Rules of Prey
Rules of Prey is the first in John Sanford’s decades-old Lucas Davenport series. Looking for a new series to read, I finally decided to give the Davenport series a try.
Reviewing Midnight Rising
Tony Horwitz’s Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid That Sparked the Civil War is one of the most important books on history I have ever read.
Trump Will Win
It has been too long since I have posted, especially about politics. So, here it goes.
A Night to Remember
Tonight was one of those nights we will all remember forever. It wasn’t a fancy night. It wasn’t a night where anything special happened. But it was a night where our family had so much fun and lots of laughs together.
Me Singing Bad, Bad, Leroy Brown
It had been too long since I sung as a part of ACB Community’s Community Karaoke. So, I returned this week with Bad, Bad Leroy Brown.
National League Division Winners in 2024
On opening day I predicted the division winners in the American League. Today, it’s time for the National League.