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    March 30, 2012

    Richard Lee Baney: Lost Boy of Summer Enjoys Colorful Life On and Off the Baseball Field

    ​"The Lost Boys of Summer" cover boy Richard Lee "Dick" Baney of Tustin can point to pro baseball career highlights that include pitching Cincinnati's "Big Red Machine" to victory in a divisional playoff game and striking Henry Aaron out twice as "Hammering Hank" closed in on Babe Ruth's all-time ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 29, 2012

    Darcy Fast: Man of God, "Missing Cub" and Lost Boy of Baseball

    ​Driving through Arizona to catch some spring training games, Darcy Fast says via his cell phone of baseball's annuity plan for the lost boys of summer like him, "I don't think it's fair." A Chicago Cubs pitcher whose darts lived up to his last name in 1967-68, Fast says baseball and the players ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2011

    Billy Bean, Pride of Santa Ana High and "Out" Major Leaguer, Rolls With Moneyball Billy Beane Confusion

    ​If you were a Hollywood studio chief, wouldn't you greenlight a movie based on the only major leaguer alive to acknowledge he's gay over one about a general manager who used sabermetric principles to bring undervalued ballplayers to his small-market team that went on to collect wins but no penna ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 13, 2010

    Steven Bren, Son of Billionaire Irvine Co. Chairman, Lands on Tax Delinquent List

    Only known photo to exist anywhere and everywhere of Steve Bren, not counting those other ones.​A former Grand Prix racing champion and son of billionaire Irvine Co. chairman Donald Bren occupies the No. 18 spot on the most recently updated list of California's most delinquent tax delinquents.Ste ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 10, 2009

    Slick Willie Clinton: I Did Not Sleep With That MLB All-Star Woman

    Christine Shively, an "Angel" and an "All-Star Among Us."Major League Baseball has announced that Newport Beach resident Christine Shively and four other "All-Stars Among Us" will be saluted by all five living U.S. presidents before Tuesday's All-Star Game in St. Louis.(It's a good thing the MLB str ... More >>

  • Features

    May 24, 2007

    Dealing for Dollars

    Some of Scott Boras notable moves

  • Features

    May 24, 2007

    The Boras Factor

    Some fans and team officials think hes the devil. His player clients think hes an angel. Everyone agrees that super agent Scott Boras has changed baseballbut for better or worse? And what does he want now?

  • News

    May 17, 2007

    !Yo Quiero Gold Medals!

    Tiny, undisciplined athletes race for glory

  • News

    April 5, 2007

    Grove of Dreams

    The life and times of orange picker-turned-big leaguer Jesse Flores

  • Features

    April 5, 2007

    Grove of Dreams

    The life and times of orange picker-turned-big leaguer Jesse Flores

  • Columns

    September 21, 2006

    Diary of a Mad County

    Sept. 13 - Sept. 19

  • Blogs

    July 28, 2006

    The Reconquista Continues, Canto XVI

    One of baseball's great diversions is the Milwaukee Brewers' Sausage Race, where folks dressed in costumes that look like a bratwurst, kielbasa, Italian sausage and hot dog race each other after the sixth inning. It's really the only reason to visit Miller Park--well, that and the guy who slides in ... More >>

  • News

    June 2, 2005

    The Pringle-Spanos Tango

    Close ties between Anaheim mayor, Chargers owner might land OC a football team

  • Columns

    November 4, 2004

    Diary of a Mad County

    Close ties between Anaheim mayor, Chargers owner might land OC a football team

  • Features

    October 21, 2004

    Best of OC 2004: Part 1

    Close ties between Anaheim mayor, Chargers owner might land OC a football team

  • News

    January 27, 2000

    Which Side Are You On?

    Political consultant Tom Shepard puts himself on both sides of Argyros

  • News

    August 5, 1999

    This Is War?

    Behind-the-scenes ties between El Toro Airport supporters and the countys biggest anti-airport groups have to make you wonder

  • Food

    March 18, 1999

    Famous Food, Part 2

    Conductors! Rock Stars! Restaurateurs! Poets!

  • News

    January 28, 1999

    Political Mercenary

    Rise of GOP strategist signals transformation of anti-airport coalition

  • Features

    November 5, 1998

    Orange County's Scariest People!

    Hey! It really IS the Year of the Woman!

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