Here I Am..

Originally posted on Apple Pie and Napalm:
I missed you this week. I had this name in use over two years ago. I heard the phrase used a million years ago on M*A*S*H. Trapper said it during a conversation with Hawkeye and I remembered it these years later. I think it relates to two different…

All-American night at the park

Originally posted on Mark Bialczak:
July Fourth with the Syracuse Chiefs. Sounds like a plan. The folks who run the Syracuse Chiefs and the city’s department of parks and recreation decided that NBT Bank Stadium was the perfect place for a July Fourth doubleheader. The 7 p.m. Triple-A game between the Chiefs and Pawtucket Red…

All-American night at the park

The folks who run the Syracuse Chiefs and the city’s department of parks and recreation decided that NBT Bank Stadium was the perfect place for a July Fourth doubleheader. The 7 p.m. Triple-A game between the Chiefs and Pawtucket Red Sox and following fireworks display drew quite a buzz. By 6:30 p.m. all entrances to…

A red, white and blue hello from Syracuse

After watching the Great American Hot Dog Eating Contest from Nathan’s Famous on the Coney Island boardwalk on ESPN. (Yay Joey Chestnut, Mr. Eight-Time.) Before heading off to NBT Bank Stadium to watch the Syracuse Chiefs play the Pawtucket Red Sox followed by the city’s annual fireworks display. (We’re ready for some big ooh’s and…

The Rock shows his sensitive side, and it’s a nice touch

When his part in the reshooting of “Fast and Furious 7” was completed, The Rock gathered the filming crews around him and had somebody take a shot with his phone, or iPad, or something like that. Anyway, it was a personal moment for the world-famous big man, because soon enough, Dwayne Johnson posted the photo…

I dreamed of Genies

I see the signs and the stores when my dear wife Karen and I drive through our state of New York into Pennsylvania. Fireworks for sale. I have regularly looked over to one particular emporium of boom from our usual McDonald’s and wondered what was in the aisles, I must admit. Then one time, on…

Syracuse Chiefs win on the field, now the fans should follow

The season of baseball promise fulfillment continues on the north side of Syracuse. On Saturday night, my dear wife Karen and I went out to NBT Bank Stadium with a whole bunch of her co-workers at the Syracuse Media Group. The company that publishes The Post-Standard, syracuse.com and the glossy magazine bought section 118, reserved…

Paul Russo was a jazz guy who wanted everybody to be, too

If jazz music in Syracuse was part of your life, you knew Paul Russo. The man made certain of that. The Syracuse native loved the style of music to its heart and his core. His son Craig played Latin jazz, put out albums. His brother Victor taught jazz, won awards as educator of the year.…

Diamonds in my dreams

We stepped off the top step at NBT Bank Stadium Saturday and I looked across the concourse and out over the beautiful green grass. It hit me again. Every time time I go to a baseball game at a professionally kept field or watch a major league game on TV. I have lawn pattern envy.…