Obnoxious John
"Obnoxious" John McAlpine knows even more about sports than Frank the Man. Just ask him!
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Good Pitching Beats Good Hitting...
By John McAlpine - Apr 21Good Pitching Beats Good Hitting, Bad Pitching Means You Beat Yourself by: Obnoxious John 4/21/15 As the 2014 baseball season revealed itself to ...
The Homestretch
By John McAlpine - Aug 31The Homestretch Obnoxious John 8/31/14 According to the sources I use for this blog the homestretch is defined as -the part of a race course ...
Unexpected Delights
By John McAlpine - Apr 044-4-14 Obnoxious John Unexpected Delights Hi Readers, Since I last spoke to you in December a few things have happened in the sporting world ...
Holiday Ramblings
By John McAlpine - Dec 21Holiday Ramblings Obnoxious John 12/21/13 It happened. It's been a few months since I tortured you with random thoughts and off the cuff ...
Brad and Nick and Mike, Oh My!
By John McAlpine - Jul 20Brad and Nick and Mike, Oh My! By; Obnoxious John 7/20/13 About every 60 days or so, I get the urge to blog. At my age, I'm pretty much grateful ...
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It's the Participation and Effort That Matter
By John McAlpine - Apr 29It's the Participation and Effort That Matter Obnoxious John 4/29/13 This past weekend I had the opportunity to spend a few hours at the ...
Wait........................what?
By John McAlpine - Apr 12Wait............what? April 12, 2013 Obnoxious John As I've disclosed in this blog previously I listen to Mariner games usually, rather than ...
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Random Musings
By John McAlpine - Apr 09Random Musings Obnoxious John 4/9/13 So I'm listening to the M's game tonight, the one where the Houston Astros are hitting like they're the '61 ...
Irrelevant by Memorial Day
By John McAlpine - May 25Irrelevant by Memorial Day Obnoxious John 5/25/12 The old baseball axiom that says the team in first on July 4th is likely to win the pennant is ...
Is this thing on?
By John McAlpine - Mar 08Is this thing on? Obnoxious John 3-9-12 Sometimes I feel like the comic standing before an audience that isn't laughing. It's like I'm not sure ...
Hope Springs Eternal
By John McAlpine - Apr 13Hope Springs Eternal by Obnoxious John Hope springs eternal in the human breast; Man never is, but always to be blessed: The soul, uneasy and ...
Dare I Hope?
By John McAlpine - Aug 17Dare I Hope? by John McAlpine 8-16-14 I have not been too bloggish this baseball season, given my last entry is dated in April. At that time I ...
It could be worse............
By John McAlpine - Dec 29Obnoxious John 12/29/13 In case you've been off the planet, in a deep sea submersible vehicle or sleeping like Rip Van Winkle I want to tell you ...
A Sports Smorgasbord!
By John McAlpine - Oct 27A Sports Smorgasbord By; Obnoxious John 10/27/13 This time of year, if you are a sports fan like me, is pretty close to ideal. The World Series ...
What? Not again!
By John McAlpine - May 19So here I was, all set to blog about how it seemed the Mariners had 'rounded the corner', 'come of age' or 'got up to speed' with respect to ...
You're Offensive! No, wait, with that average how could you be?
By John McAlpine - Apr 21You're offensive! No wait, with that average how could you be? Obnoxious John 4/21/13 A few weeks ago I blogged about the Mariners and their ...
Spahn and Sain and pray for rain?
By John McAlpine - Apr 10More Random Musings Obnoxious John 4/10/13 The Mariner game is on the radio and they're playing the Astros (known in some circles as the ...
Random Thoughts and Ramblings
By John McAlpine - Aug 12Random Thoughts and Ramblings Obnoxious John 8/12/12 A recent posting by my blogmate (a word I just invented) Frank told of a story where the ...
A Perfect Game is Rare Indeed
By John McAlpine - Apr 21A Perfect Game is Rare Indeed Obnoxious John 4/21/12 Today's perfect game tossed against the M's, the 21st in the history of the game, is one ...
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Free Fall
By Obnoxious John - Jul 16Free Fall by Obnoxious John 7/16/11 Though absent from these pages of late, I'm still following the local sports scene. To wit, attending an ...
