We know what we would like, here in Southern California. A Freeway Series. Finally. We won’t get it. But it could be fun, anyway. Here’s how I see things unfolding, the next four weeks: (And this is the updated/corrected version; you’d think I was hurrying to get to an airport, or something.)

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Manny Ramirez prompted me to think of this anew. Ballplayers, even many of the greatest  ballplayers on the planet … look like regular people. Sure, “why should they not?”, you’re saying. Well, because if you spend much time hanging around football or basketball teams, it can be jarring to realize that an elite athlete, someone […]

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