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…those highly insignificant sports stories…that just might be significant?? …the “end is near, here” edition…

I’m not making a whole lot of hoopla about this, but this site will be gone at the end of the week. I have had the option of keeping it open, or just let it fade away. I chose the latter because it made sense, as the logistics to change the website name to the name I had wanted to, would have been just plainly a royal pain. No press release, no hype, just an honest farewell to this site that…

..those highly insignificant sports stories…that just night be, significant? the “trash day wednesday” play!

it’s trashday at bearville-by-the-beach, and last night, no playoff games ensued? what’s a sport fanatic to do?? trash talk. an unranked Serena is just as scary as a ranked Serena. I bet she could give Rafie (aka glamourgirl’s shesowannabeaspaniardissosick fave) a run on the courts. and win. Rizzo’s slide is uncharacteristically Rose-like in a tamed down MLB of today, he should have gotten an…

…those highly insignificant sports stories…that just might be…significant?? …the “honouring those that have fallen on memorial day” edition.

Memorial day is one in which we honour and salute those who have fallen for the price of freedom.

and freedom..is never free.

best personal memorial day moment? Sitting in the right field seats at the Oakland Alameda Coliseum and watching Oakland win, followed by getting back to the other diamond in SanJo to play right field and catching the last out in seizing another win for the Senior B league…

…those highly insignificant sports stories, that just might be…significant?? the “in between bike weeks” edition.

bike week in bearville by the beach is the greatest challenge anyone can go through, if you work in the service industry. sadly today is my last day off until the following monday…if…I’m lucky. one day left of a “normal” shift before moving along to third shift aka “graveyard.” the joy.

let’s talk sports.

can justify win the triple crown? even better, can justify win on a dry track?

and then…

…those highly insignificant sports stories…that just might be…significant??? the “music please, mr. bear” edition

George Clinton, the king of funk and all things “funkalicious,” is retiring from the music industry. That my friends is a sad day, because all things soul, R&B, and other musical styles all have a debt to the man.

Does that mean the mothership connection has finally returned?

and this, in no particular order, is from the playlist order of dabear:

LeBron James: Destination Unknown by the Missing…

…those highly insignificant sports stories…that just might be significant?? the “blatimore-a edition.”

the baltimore-a edition.

I usually start with a thought and a comment, and this edition is dedicated to a cat named Jerry, who last Thursday, passed away. In his younger day, he was a boxer,and a true fan of the Baltimore Ravens (he named his service dog Raven), as well a good friend. He will be missed.

So let’s begin in lovely Baltimore…

Hopefully Flacco stays healthy and his back stays stable.

…those highly insignificant sports stories that just might be…significant??? “the empty seats that should be full edition!!!”

I usually let Peter Griffin get all the fun in on his comic rant, but I’m going to continue that thought about empty seats right here.

Some of the playoff games that I have been able to watch, there are numerous seats empty, and understandably, more than likely corporate. What a waste if no one is sitting there! Living in the bay area as long as I did, I saw the Raiders games be blacked out…

…those highly insignificant sports stories that just might be…significant?? …the “pass the salt, post cinco de mayo edition”…

…cinco de mayo must be for bars and restaurants what “holidays” like valentines day and halloween are for hallmark cards and retailers. a way to make money.  no, i didn’t celebrate the day as I don’t usually drink alone, I guess I’ll sit this one out. Maybe me and paddleboard woody can set something up??

and speaking of paddlebaord woody….

  paddleboard woody: going home to write?

me: maybe

pbw:…

…those highly insignificant sports stories…that just might be significant? the “stop horsing around” edition

…and since i’m talking about horses, it’s derby time!

mint juleps and pretties in hats? I’d be there in a heartbeat.

and it’s one of three weekends where something with four legs takes a front row seat in the world of sport.

I don’t talk enough about that other football so this one thought is for paddleboard woody:: how the heck did Ulreich miss that?

I really hope Real Madrid doesn’t win the…

…those highly insignificant sports stories that just might be…significant?….the “how many tangents can we make while talking about the cleveland browns 2018 draft” edition.

the..”how many tangents can we move along while talking about the cleveland browns 2018 draft” edition..

…and it all started when orlando dan dropped by my job on last thursday ….

and it kind of went like this….

o-dan: did you see how the browns effed up the draft?

me: no. who did they pick?

o-dan: baker mayfield number 1 and a cornerback number 4.

me: really? and number 2 was…

o-dan: barkley.

me…

…those highly insignificant sports stories…that just might be…significant? the “art of the beauty of sport” edition

foreword: I was reading when I thought of this topic and title, this book was the Richard Ben Cramer tome on the great Joe DiMaggiao. What a book it was/is!

Essentially, in Joe’s eyes, if the game becomes no longer fun, the love is gone. And yet, the poetry and syncopation, the grace and body of the art of the game is so important, that without it, there is nothing.

“….running down the pitch,…

…those highly insignificant sports stories…that just might be…significant? the “Friday night’s way too loaded with too many screens to watch attentively (or effectively)” edition!

Friday night: usually a date night for many, but tonight? It’s “sportsgasmic” (my new catchphrase!!) with three pivotal playoff games in the NBA, a pitching duel in the MLB, hockey’s first rounders playing to win, and anything else that comes to play on the TV! I’m already feeling a bit “cross-eyed and painless,” which of course is a Talking Heads reference.

..and speaking of talking heads…

…if…

…those highly insignificant sports stories that just might be…significant???? the “oh man, it’s friday the thirteenth” edition

run and hide folks! it’s the friday the 13th edition and it’s going to be scary.

first things first before my thoughts: my store is haunted! Watching stuff fly off the counter all by itself, whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.

stephen a smith states that colin kaepernick is being “blacklisted.” i disagree. i can agree that his stance is a “distraction” to the sport and game.

which leads to:

Seattle rescinds…

…why I haven’t posted a lineup in, like, you know…forever!

you’ve probably noticed that I haven’t done a lineup, in like, forever.

there’s a reason for that.

would I be that much better in building a lineup, than you, the reader’s, picks?

let’s talk baseball, since the season is now upon us.

as I say to everyone, baseball is a game of numbers. it’s a thinking person’s game. you’ve got that day game lineup on fanduel or draftkings and you’re perplexed as…

…those highly insignificant sports stories…that just might be, significant? …7 April 2018…the “thrill of victory and the agony of defeat” edition

’tis been a very ugly. disgusting, and even volatile week for me.

my heart goes out to the Humboldt Broncos, the SJHL, and all of the families, friends and every person who has been touched by this tragic accident.

why ESPN did not begin with this story on their midnight sports center show, is beyond me.

bearism:don’t even effen mess with me, the dude fights back,

I’m a little punchy, so bear…

…those highly insignificnt sports stories…that just might be…significant?? the “not so April foolishness edition.”

welcome to april. one fourth of the year 2018 has passed already. for me it’s been hellish, and it’s not even one I dare think about without getting depressed. and that’s being honest today. I hurt in so many ways. gar, honesty sucks. 49 years and 364 days ago, MLK was brought down by the bullet of James Earl Ray. History should never forget the struggle of equality in the US. Bringing up 1968,…

…those highly insignificant sports stories that just might be…significant? the “sweet sixteen bracket busted new start” edition

  sweet sixteen isn’t the same as it used to be. I would not want to be sixteen again, unless I had the chance to make changes. Oh, that kind of sixteen. ~~~

@mercpurdy (mark purdy): “Keep at it”

me… absolutely!

It’s a wonderful day in the neighbourhood when I can get commentary from people I admire and respect. thank you sir. ~~~

Picking up the remnants of my bracket: hopefully my new sweet…