Monthly Archives: March 2021

We’re about to wrap up our month on Clearwater Beach this year, appreciative of being able to make it all the way through in contrast to last year’s trip truncated by COVID. As the coronavirus exploded onto the U.S. scene … Continue reading →

An article in the Wall Street Journal yesterday by Jason Gay caught my eye, the title being “The Crazy Baseball Team That Lets Fans Catch Foul Balls for Outs“. It features a wild and wacky bunch of ballplayers known as … Continue reading →

Walter Isaacson has done it again! The definitive biographer of da Vinci, Franklin,. Einstein, Kissinger, and Jobs has put together a riveting biography of Jennifer Doudna in his latest work The Code Breaker. Dr. Doudna was a co-recipient of the … Continue reading →

The usual green hoopla for March 17 was more subdued than usual around the beach, and the vibe in the ballpark today wasn’t quite the same in this era of Covid, but there were hopeful signs pointing toward normalcy. Or … Continue reading →

Here is Aaron Nola, the starting pitcher, batting in the bottom of the 3rd inning of today’s game in which the Phillies were blown out by the Toronto Blue Jays, 14-5. That would normally not raise any eyebrows, except that … Continue reading →

If you were up relatively early this morning on the East Coast, particularly in Florida, there’s a good chance you saw something that looked like a bright rim of back-lit clouds even though the sun had more than an hour … Continue reading →

Here’s John Fogerty playing his classic hit, Centerfield, on a baseball guitar! The song features a ballplayer imploring his coach to let him play the middle position on the outfield diamond. CF is the position that is most of for … Continue reading →

The calendar this year finds us making the Passover Seder on Clearwater Beach. One of the “Menschen & Mavens” of the area is Joel Goetz, who started Jo-El’s Kosher Deli Market and Cafe in St. Pete thirty-five years ago. For … Continue reading →

It will be a decidedly different experience in spring training this year, nevertheless one for which fans will be thankful as a hopeful and safe harbinger of return toward normalcy. The newly renovated Hogan’s Hangout on Clearwater Beach advises that … Continue reading →