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It always has puzzled me why the city doesn't make better use of the spring training facilities before or after the season. Last weekend, the new stadium at Salt River drew a huge crowd for a food trailer event.. can someone take a hint? I see no reason why a stadium such as Phoenix Muni couldn't be home to a minor league game. I fondly remember sitting sitting at Phoenix Muni and watching the Firebirds (pre Diamondbacks) when they were the Giants' AAA farm club.
Commented Jan 18, 2012 on Phoenix loses spring training at Rogue Columnist
Phoenix loses spring training
The Oakland As have accelerated negotiations begun in November with Mesa to move spring training from Phoenix Municipal Stadium to Hohokam Stadium in 2015. The Chicago Cubs, the biggest draw in the Cactus League, are leaving Hohokam for the new Riverview development at Dobson and the Loop 202 in...
Is the new book a standalone or a continuation of Mapstone or sequel to Pain Nurse?
Commented Sep 13, 2011 on Book time at Rogue Columnist
Book time
When you write for a living and you can't do anything else, you know that sooner or later that the deadline is going to come screaming down on you like a goddamn banshee. There's no avoiding it...So one day you just don't appear at the El Adobe bar anymore; you shut the door, paint the windows b...
"Deadline Man" by Jon Talton is a must read
Commented Feb 3, 2011 on The Last Great Newspaper Novel? at Recovering Journalist
The Last Great Newspaper Novel?
Like most journalists, I'm a junkie for journalism books. So when The New York Times reviews a new novel about the newspaper business twice in the same week, using words like "splendid," "spectacular," "marvelous" and "hilarious," I pay attention. When one of those raves, on the front of the Sun...
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