Welcome Home!

Welcome Home!

I fully anticipated being moved by “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” in my first visit to Oracle Park since September 29, 2019 and my first baseball game anywhere since March 8, 2020. I didn’t know I’d be fighting tears from the minute I saw the...
Such a Sad Day

Such a Sad Day

by Dr Lefty [Note: All photos in this post are courtesy of Mrs. Crawnik, who was on the spot in Scottsdale Stadium.]   OK, let’s get this out of the way. Nobody died. Injuries to star athletes are unfortunate but not tragic. The March for Our Lives event...
Crawnik Spring Training Report!

Crawnik Spring Training Report!

by Crawnik (posted by Dr Lefty) Greetings from sunny Scottsdale. First, I want to thank Lefty for putting together a Messenger group page so that myself and Rob Deer could chat so we could find each other at the game. Once we did, it was a pleasure to meet The Deer...
No More Split-Squad Magic, I Guess

No More Split-Squad Magic, I Guess

  by Dr Lefty Well, shoot. That didn’t go well at all. The Giants lost both ends of a split-squad “doubleheader,” and the even worse news was that the two young(ish) starters slotted in as the fourth and fifth guys in the rotation both had bad...