Date archive: October 2013

Wedge was right, the M’s abandoned rebuilding plan last winter, and went to geezer ball, which failed miserably

By Terry Benish Special to The Sports Paper   Ryan Divish of the News Tribune did a great survey of the season that was in that he used a broad rake and ...

There is another Dawgfather, and he’s at South Kitsap

Ernie Hahn   By Terry Mosher Editor, Sports Paper   Before there was a Dawgfather at Washington – Don James – there was a Dawgfather in the South Kitsap School District. That ...

Moe Berg: A second-rate baseball player but a first-rate spy.

Ron Corcoran One More Look at…. When the baseball team that included Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig went on tour in Japan in 1934 some fans wondered why a third-string catcher named ...

Benish warms up, throws Mariner pitchers under the bus as reason for another disappointing baseball season

By Terry Benish Special to The Sports Paper Other than annoying letters to reporters, urging them to actually describe what had happened in front of them, I’ve had a season of not ...

Hip resurfacing an option for those who want to remain active

Clay Moyle and son Caleb   This article is for the older broken down readers like me, those of you who might one day find yourself in need of a hip replacement. ...

The King is loose in Port Townsend

Jacob King (7) By George Edgar Special To The  Sports Paper   PORT TOWNSEND ‑ Up on the Olympic Peninsula, tucked on the upper right corner of Jefferson County against the Quimper ...

Getting acquainted with mom 60 years after she died

      THE MOSHER CLAN, Richburg, N.Y., 1997 (left to right) Ray Mosher,  David Mosher, Minerva (Mosher) Dean, Ronnie Mosher, Terry Mosher This is the second part of the stuff I ...

Fisher says Brett Rypien is the best high school QB he’s seen

Bumming around town with Bill Bumerton Bumerton is a retired Navy fighter pilot who had been missing in action for several years while he traversed the globe looking for greener grass. He ...

Another giant of the newspaper business has left the building

    If you live long enough you get the chance to have a front row seat into the departure from Earth of a lot of friends. And each time the sadness, ...

Mystery of Pete will forever remain a mystery

          It’s funny what you can run across while rummaging through family archives. Maybe funny is not the proper word. It would be more proper to call some ...

Harris is Klahowya’s answer to Jim Thorpe

Jonathan Harris   By Terry Mosher Editor, Sports Paper It would be extremely difficult to come close to the achievements of Jim Thorpe, named as the Greatest Athlete of the Twentieth Century ...

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