publisher of @westendphoenix + plays in bidiniband + rheostatics. author of 13 books. hockey nomad. married to a randwich. play X play @TorontoCWHL views my own
Jan 7, 2023 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
1. Hearing that the Albion hotel in Guelph has closed via @Brain_Chain We played there many many times, often one set in afternoon, another at night @JeffMarek2. We played there during Game 6 of 93 World Series. We waited as long as we could to get onstage bc the game was taking its time and was tied in late innings. @jalanimorgan Finally our road manager, Richard Burgman, implored us to start the set
Feb 16, 2020 • 6 tweets • 1 min read
1. According to Vin Scully during the first time the Blue Jays ever appeared on Monday Night Baseball-- an important benchmark for the team-- Tony Fernandez's glove was like 'a bowl of silk.'
2. Tony used to shop in Little Portugal because he could buy yucca, and he knew 'O Canada' by heart. He left, then was brought back for the 92 team. His victory speech was stirring: 'I love you, and I need you,' he told us.
Jul 11, 2019 • 20 tweets • 4 min read
1. I have a Jim Bouton story. It happened in 2008 when I was in New York to write about the closing of old Yankee Stadium for WestJet magazine.
2. I went to 2 games, tried to get into press box, but someone in the PR department said, 'To be honest, you would have had to book three years ago.' I went early and visited Monuments Park, then sat in the cold May sunshine and watched and wrote what I could.
