DOG ASIDE: After Mike Scott pitched the Astros to a brilliant victory in Game 4….to tie the NLCS at 2 – 2….Bone Daddy was ready for bear at Shea in NYC for Game 5….but as life tends to deal hands that affect the outcome of certain events….Mother Nature handed the Astros a rain-out for Game 5….which…
DOG ASIDE: Having been an Astros fan since 1962….when they came into MLB….along with the New York Mets, as a matter of fact….but, BD was not going to come into New York City like a lamb…. rather more like a lion…an Astros lion. Anyway, he came prepared with t-shirt to be wore at all three…
DOG ASIDE: Bone Daddy came to NYC with the devout intention of being the loudest and most fervent Astros fan….not just at the game, but rather….every where he went he was wearing something Astros….and he would give a loud hoot and point to his Astros logo on his shirt or cap…so, on this day of Game…
DOG ASIDE: Bone Daddy’s trip to New York City to see the Games 3, 4 and 5 of the National League Championship Series between the Houston Astros (Mgr Hal Lanier) vs New York Mets (Mgr Davey Johnson) was an awesome trip for my big guy…..creating memories that have remained vibrant in his memory to this…
DOG ASIDE: Bone Daddy has a good friend named Dino….who has been stuck in the 1960’s since 1969….a HUMAN who loves music, food and a good hoot-a-nanny….hoedown….jam session….where friends get together to share good eats with good friends….just playing music and telling lies. In 1986, Dino’s brother, Dwight was the general manager of food n…
DOG ASIDE: The 1982 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament involved 48 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men’s NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 11, 1982….and ended with the championship game on March 29 in New Orleans, Louisiana….as a total of 47 games were played. North Carolina…
DOG ASIDE: The 1987 NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four at the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans provided college basketball fans with four teams…..who all had future NCAA College Hall of Fame coaches….with Bobby Knight at Indiana University, Rick Pitino at Providence College, Jim Boeheim at Syracuse University and Jerry Tarkanian at the University of Nevada-Las…
DOG ASIDE: Bone Daddy has lots of framed pictures….and some that have lost their frames over the years…..but all are still worthy of seeing….cuz they depict athletes and events that will likely bring back fond memories to sports fans everywhere….for example, Coach Bobby Knight was not the only coach to ever throw a folding chair…
DOG ASIDE: During the mid-1980’s in the sport of track and field…..there were two US broad jumbers who were world record holders….and they happened to be brother and sister….Carl & Carol Lewis. Don’t you know that their parents were mighty proud of their two siblings?! I this NCAA Indoor Championship of 1985…..Carol Lewis was the…