I’ve been asked to lay down a little history on the most famous - nay, infamous - award on the Vancouver sporting horizon, and with Dante Love earning the big prize for 2007, what better time than now to commit the legend to print?
The origins of the BHPoY date back to 1994, when we […]

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Today was the one day on the baseball calendar that I was looking forward to more than any other; Bernie Isman, the 100-year-old baseball dynamo that makes Bud
Kerr look like a kid, was well enough to attend the game last night.

Working with his wife Isabel and the West Vancouver Care Home, we were
able to get […]

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Day 4- Saturday August 4, 2007: Oakland Athletics vs Anaheim Angels (MLB)

The trick to parking in Oakland for a ball game is timing. Show up
less than an hour from game time, and you are funneled into the $10
lot. Arriving at 9:30 for a 1:00 game means that:
a) You have time to dip into San Francisco, […]

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DAY 2 - Thursday August 2, 2007: Sacramento Rivercats vs New Orleans Zephyrs (AAA)
Up at 5:00 AM for the 9-hour drive to Sacramento.
One of the
horseshit things about living in the paradise we call Vancouver is that
anyplace fun is a long way away. Driving to Sacramento might take
awhile, but it really is cheaper than flying. […]

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What do you do when a summer usually selling beer has not come to
pass?
Sure, there’s always the teaching thing. I like teaching in the
summer - the students are more relaxed, the crybabies usually don’t
bother, and since my wife has to work, there’s less likelihood of my
getting into trouble with so much free time.
But since […]

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Editor’s note: I’m posting this on behalf of HawkerRob, otherwise known as Rob McGowan, the long-time face of beer delivery at Nat Bailey Stadium, not because Rob asked me to post it, but because I know a lot of people who peruse this blog have been following his situation of late.
Rob won’t be working […]

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I’m apologizing up front for the quality of the broadcasts.
Matt Baker calls a damn fine game. Ernie and I are filling his shoes because he’s left for TSN, and we want him to have that opportunity, so we’re working the games in his absence.
Honestly… Ernie and I have been best friends for 10 years. […]

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