West Coast Craig

Los Angeles writer West Coast Craig offers a more laid back perspective on sports, with his mini-scripts like “Korak: Gorilla In The NFL” – “The Bad Usher” and “The Manny” – which could rake in big bucks on most networks. WCC moved to Hollywood after growing up near Oneonta, NY. He simultaneouly roots for the Dodgers and Yanks. He’s also a huge NY Giants fan and likes soy chai lattes.

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THE MANNY in "BASE ON BALLS!"

May 10, 2009 West Coast Craig 23

(“The Manny” is an occasionally recurring piece, please see the Archives for previous installments). by West Coast Craig LOS ANGELES, CA – Boston was a […]

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A GOLDEN AGE OF CYNICISM

May 4, 2009 West Coast Craig 24

By West Coast Craig “When a sportswriter stops making heroes out of athletes, it’s time to get out of the business” — Grantland Rice PRESS […]

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BETTOR THAN FOOTBALL?

April 27, 2009 West Coast Craig 28

by West Coast Craig LOS ANGELES, CA – This weekend was a baseball nadir for me. Nothing seemed to go right. The Yankees were ignominiously […]

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PORTRAITS IN GOOFBALLS #1

April 20, 2009 West Coast Craig 0

by West Coast Craig GOOFBALL WING, COOPERSTOWN – Baseball is a sport full of nutjobs, loonies, and characters, this much is true, though it seems […]

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DEVOURING TIME, BLUNT THOU THE LION’S PAWS

April 12, 2009 West Coast Craig 12

by West Coast Craig Avon — That’s right, I’m throwing a little Shakespeare at y’all this morning. This year’s Masters had already plucked the keen […]

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OPENING DAY

April 6, 2009 West Coast Craig 34

By West Coast Craig The bunting lines the fences, a Tide commercial of bright light and shimmering primary colors in the noonday sunshine. It lines […]

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THE ARTIST FORMALLY KNOWN AS PRINT

March 30, 2009 West Coast Craig 23

by West Coast Craig   “Print is dead”  —  Dr. Egon Spengler   He said that in 1984, and even the man who once tried to drill […]

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WCC AT THE WBC

March 23, 2009 West Coast Craig 15

by West Coast Craig   Chavez Ravine–In 1998 I went down to the Los Angeles Coliseum to see the US Soccer team play World Champion Brazil […]

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MEAT MARKET

March 16, 2009 West Coast Craig 0

By West Coast Craig  TOMMY LASORDA FIELD OF DREAMS–Yes, that’s the real name on the wood sign at our neighborhood t-ball field…a strange, tilted rectangle […]

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GET TO THE POINT, WOULD YA JIM.

March 9, 2009 West Coast Craig 12

by West Coast Craig DATELINE SUNSET STRIP: I’ve got another Los Angeles sports related story for you today, one that came to me when the […]

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