I stirred things up lately suggesting Buster Posey is overrated. My opinion until he proves me wrong. I'm entitled to my opinion. You're entitled to disagree, to call me uninformed or baseball ignorant or unappreciative of true greatness. That's what this blog is all about -- a give-and-take of passionate [...]

For a long time Baywolf was the best restaurant in Oakland. People were visiting from out of town, I took them to Baywolf.  The people who owned Baywolf recently retired, and Rich and Rebekah Wood, who own the fabulous Wood Tavern on College Avenue, took over Baywolf and renamed it [...]

Colin Kaepernick is so self-serving. Last season, he didn't stand during the Anthem. Now it's being reported he will stand next season. I'll tell you why he'll stand. He's a free agent and he doesn't want his kneeling to affect his job prospects with teams who might frown on what [...]

Being recently retired, I went wine tasting on Thursday with my great friend Mike Murray. I mean now a Thursday is as good as a Saturday. Usually, I taste in Dry Creek but for a change-up (baseball metaphor there), we went to Sonoma and tasted on the Square for starters. [...]

Being reported Colin Kaepernick will opt out of his 49ers contract and probably test free agency. The 9ers don't need him, so good. Let him go. If he thinks he'll get a starting job with another team, totally deluded. Somehow, he opted out of being a good quarterback a few [...]

Today, get a smog check on my car, buy a bottle of wine at Kermit Lynch in Berkeley, finish Moby Dick -- looks bad for Ahab, take a nap. Retirement is torture.

As some of you know, I'm rereading Moby Dick. I read an abridged version in high school, so it's like I'm reading it for the first time. I'm on page 500 of an edition with 671 pages and The White Whale has not yet made an appearance. This I didn't [...]

When I wrote sports columns I never talked politics -- as far as I can remember. I take that back. I questioned Kaepernick talking politics in the locker room after real games and I expressed disappointment that an activist like him did not vote. But I usually stayed away from [...]

Crummy night's sleep. Kept dreaming I had to cover a Giants game but couldn't find my press credential. Turned my house inside out. No credential. Woke up in a frenzy and realized, hey, I'm retired. Realized the credential dream is a variant of the academic paranoia dream. I'm taking a [...]