Date archive: July 2015
Chandler highlights 2015 State of Washington Hall of Fame inductees
CHRIS CHANDLER Six new members will be inducted into the State of Washington Sports Hall of Fame in a ceremony on the field at Safeco Field before the Aug. 11 game between ...
The train wreck that is the 2015 Mariners may cost Jackie Z his job
TERRY MOSHER JACK ZDURIENCIK So Dustin Ackley is traded to the Yankees after four-plus poor seasons, especially for the No. 2 overall pick in the 2009 June Amateur Draft. And ...
Is the capitalistic system broken?
TERRY MOSHER BERNIE SANDERS I was surprised the other day to discover some good news. It’s a rare find in today’s world. So I thought I’d pass it on to maybe ...
Harland Beery gets his much-deserved award
TERRY MOSHER HARLAND BEERY The board of the Kitsap Athletic Roundtable gathered Friday (July 24) at a home in Silverdale to honor a man that has meant so much too so ...
Man, it’s tough getting old
Man, its tough getting old. That is a line in Homeless, a song by Guy Clark, but it could apply to a lot of people, including me. Man, its tough ...
Will the west coast pink shrimp go the way of the cod and our bottom fish?
EARL SANDE PINK SHRIMP When we called Westport in April to inquire about moorage we were surprised to hear how difficult that would be. We had never had that problem before. We ...
It’s hard to be surprised as a writer, but missed putts at British Open were a surprise
TERRY MOSHER LOUIS OOSTHUIZON MISSES PUTT Surprise is not a word that can be associated on a regular basis for sportswriters who had been at this business for any length of time. ...
We are entering a dangerous time in our country
TERRY MOSHER DONALD TRUMP AND JOHN MCCAIN: DON’T INVITE THE TWO TO THE SAME PARTY We are entering a dangerous period in our capitalistic system and that leads me to ...
I do care too much, but only because I wonder where is the justice?
TERRY MOSHER To be honest, I’m not just a sportswriter. And that may be the problem. I’m much more than that. Too much more than that. I wonder all the time ...
Back to the Boneyard today to get some respite from built-up emotions
TERRY MOSHER I’m in a state of emotions that is driving me to feel crazy. I don’t know where to turn. Every turn I stumble into a brick wall. Even the ...
Mosher Way without a game-plan left me far short of expectations I had for myself
TERRY MOSHER I can’t believe that today it’s cloudy with a cool breeze waffling through the trees. That’s a big change from the blistering hot and unusual weather we have been ...
Mama gave it all and then suddenly it was all gone, leaving life-long sadness
TERRY MOSHER She lived for her family, church and in the spring and for her garden alive with bright colors and fruitful food that wound its way to the dinner table, along ...
Saying goodbye and happy birthday on the same day
TERRY MOSHER Today (July 9) is the day they buried the spiritual leader of the Mosher-Tower families and the day of my late sister Minerva’s birthday. She would have been 86 ...
In the Boneyard even the Trumpster gets dumped
TERRY MOSHER DONALD TRUMP I’m not in a good mood today. I have to go into Group Health for more lab work to determine if I’m closer to dying than I ...
Dressler dresses up fireworks on Mason Lake
TERRY MOSHER CALEB DRESSLER (34) Mary and I spent the Fourth at our daughter’s place on Mason Lake. There were 13 of us, including Caleb Dressler, a six-foot-10 friend of our grandson ...
A bright light in the Mosher family has departed for her independence on Independence Day
TERRY MOSHER PEGGY MOSHER Today – three days after her birthday – my sister-in-law, Peggy Mosher, got her independence from Earth on Independence Day. Pretty poignant stuff, don’t you think? ...
Sweltering Spokane heat contibutes to takedown of Moyle’s 3-on-3 team at Hoopfest
CLAY MOYLE AND SON CALEB I participated in the hottest Spokane Hoopfest 3-on-3 event ever over the past weekend with my former Bainbridge Island High teammates Dave Campbell and Mike Livingston ...
Bloomquist designed for assignment; is this the end?
TERRY MOSHER WILLIE BLOOMQUIST It’s not like we didn’t see this coming. Willie Bloomquist will be 38 in November and in baseball terms that is old. So when the Mariners designated him ...