Posted by Zach Bigalke on February 17, 2011 · 1 Comment
So I just finished reading Pete Rose’s memoir/confessional, My Prison Without Bars, and it got my mind spinning in a couple different directions. We’ll discuss the obvious one — gambling and sports — soon enough this week. First, though, I would like to go over the concept of sports retirements from a different angle. Ol’ Charlie Hustle, of course, was doomed to retirement from baseball in any meaningful capacity when he received... Read More
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Posted by Zach Bigalke on October 14, 2010 · Leave a Comment
By the time this goes up on the site, I’ll be somewhere en route to California to the Bioneers conference in San Rafael. The coffee company my wife’s family owns and operates needed a few extra bodies to man their trio of locations at the event, and so I was conscripted for active duty. It’s funny to think, living as relatively close as I do, but this will be the first time that I will have given northern California more than a... Read More
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Posted by Zach Bigalke on October 7, 2010 · Leave a Comment
My voice is still hoarse five days after the fact. Saturday saw the eyes of the nation turn toward Eugene, and I had the pleasure of being amongst a crowd that numbered just under 60,000 to witness the Oregon Ducks take on Stanford in a matchup with more than just Pac-10 implications. Perched 14 rows up in section 9, I was treated to a free seat in prime location as the two top-ten powers waged battle.
It was the sort of game in which fans hit every... Read More
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