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Baseball, Cracker Jacks and mom

June 24, 2016December 10, 2017by Another Slice8 Comments on Baseball, Cracker Jacks and mom
Baseball, Cracker Jacks and mom

Our hero would prefer to remain anonymous, but that is not possible. Appleton police officer Jack Taschner's name is central to this story. He shares most of it, all but one letter, with our other friend, Jack Taschler. The former, a retired MLB pitcher, and the latter, a 10-year old boy, also share a passion [...]

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On loyalty and the fine art of being Oscar Robertson

January 21, 2015by Another Slice3 Comments on On loyalty and the fine art of being Oscar Robertson
On loyalty and the fine art of being Oscar Robertson

One of the stories my dad liked to tell about his years at the University of Cincinnati involved a spontaneous trip to the drive-in theater with a couple of guys frugally shoved into the trunk. One of those guys was my dad, a 6-4 defensive lineman, and the other, so the story goes, was his [...]

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