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The Jemile Weeks phenomenon

Unlike me, my son Grant is still writing about sports. He's home in Oakland busily typing away while I'm unbusily whiling away the hours in Hawaii. ComcastSportsNet BayArea just posted Grant's latest opinion piece, this one about the Oakland A's pheenom Jemile Weeks. Grant makes the case that, aside from [...]

By | July 14th, 2011|4 Comments

Will Andrew Luck win Heisman

It's early afternoon here in Paradise. I was trolling the net and happened to come upon Grant's latest effort for ComcastSportsNet BayArea. He asks a simple question. Will Stanford's Andrew Luck win the Heisman Trophy next season? He has a simple answer: No. I didn't know Grant was writing this [...]

By | July 13th, 2011|11 Comments

Giants are a pitching staff plus a few sidekicks

ComcastSportsNet BayArea just posted Grant's latest effort, a discussion of what exactly the Giants are. Grant maintains the Giants are one large incredibly great pitching staff -- starters and relievers -- aided and abetted by a bunch of so-so position players who are interchangeable, disposable, totally optional. This argument may [...]

By | July 7th, 2011|21 Comments

“I am an Idiot,” Grant says

You've got to check out the comments about my Warriors-Kings piece on csnbayarea.com. I'll link them below. They are classic put-downs, and in a way they make me proud. I've learned I'm an idiot, a spoiled brat, etc. On the WarriorsWorld.net forum, where I'm also linked, someone wrote I'm the [...]

By | June 28th, 2011|24 Comments

Kings better than Warriors

ComcastSportsNet BayArea just published Grant's latest, a column comparing the Sacramento Kings and the Golden State Warriors. Grant argues that the Kings drafted better than the Warriors and also set themselves up for the future better than the Warriors. Some of you may agree with this. Others will find Grant's [...]

By | June 28th, 2011|12 Comments

Lowell takes a holiday

I'm on vacation and will not be writing the next few days -- I'll write again on Monday. So the Zohn may be quiet unless the Warriors select Jimmer Fredette in the draft. If that happens, Grant will probably write 10 blogs boasting about his hoops wisdom. Have a great [...]

By | June 23rd, 2011|15 Comments

Andy Katz Report: Warriors interested in Jimmer Fredette

This is Grant, and this is dedicated to KauaiRobert, Tiburon Dave, Gary, and everyone who said I don't know what I'm talking about when it comes to Jimmer Fredette. Andy Katz reported on ESPN about an hour ago that the Warriors are interested in Jimmer Fredette with the 11th pick. [...]

By | June 22nd, 2011|18 Comments

Five reasons Bob Melvin is better than Bob Geren

ComcastSportsNet BayArea justed posted Grant's latest opus in which he gives five reasons Bob Melvin is a superior manager to Bob Geren -- there are a million reasons, really. I won't give away Grant's reasons but it's clear the A's play better under Melvin than Geren, it's so obvious you [...]

By | June 22nd, 2011|9 Comments

49ers need Plaxico Burress — or Niners and morality

ComcastSportsNet Bay Area just published Grant's latest. In it he suggests the Niners should sign Plaxico Burress because, when you get down to it, the 49ers' wide receivers are not all that hot, and not all that big and they could use this guy. I know what you're thinking. He's [...]

By | June 10th, 2011|21 Comments

Baseball players and their bats; and one heck of a Barry Bonds story

Grant wrote a long piece on bats for ComcastSportsNet BayArea. It's his first extended feature. He interviewed a bunch of major leaguers about their bats -- which make and model they use and why. He asked if they share bats or don't, if they use more than one model. He [...]

By | June 8th, 2011|11 Comments