Archive for July 2008

The remarkably voluminous second act of a career that was a case study in doing well, but doing not quite well enough to find the spotlight.

Not every extraordinary career includes stardom …

Who’ll we find at the bottom of this foul barrel? Here’s a hint: We’ve seen him in these parts before.

Climb aboard the final car in the Superdupersub train, and meet everyone from Bobby Bo to Super Joe, from Bip to Cat, from F.P. to Jolbert, and of course both Loretta and DeRosa.

What might have happened with the best of young and old in green and gold?

How much talent took flight in the Oakland diaspora?

Who’ll head the list of fizzling fifth-slot fiascos?

Rub-a-dub-dub! Here they are for the ’70s and ’80s, everyone up to and including the Psycho.

Don’t touch that dial! Stay tuned for Treder’s take on a tome about teams on the tube.

These guys couldn’t tidy things up with a mop, a bucket, a gallon of Mr. Clean and a hundred rolls of Bounty.