Subject: Tacoma

• Pure Evil

  April 20, 2007

• Net Loss

  October 9, 1997

• A bush league of their own

  May 21, 1998

• Neko Case

  August 22, 2002

• Lauren Fine

  February 12, 2004

• R.I.P. Reunion

  Good riddance to a bad arena that provided only mediocre moments

  June 26, 2008

• Prodigal Son

  Former superstar Ruben Sierra, exiled in Oklahoma City, is tearing up the minors. As if it matters.

  August 31, 2000

• Yeah, But What If Baseball Went To The European Football Table?

  I know the Texas Rangers swept the previously mighty Boston Red Sox and we're all atwitter about the American League West division race heading into August ... September ... maybe even October? But what if baseball were governed according to, say, European football standards? You know, the top teams rewarded with international play and/or advancement and the worst facing relegation to the league below. I can see the initial extended excitement. Actually a reason to watch Pirates-Nationals a

  July 23, 2009

• R.I.P, Reunion Arena: My Eulogy (Extended Remix Version).

  I officially grew old yesterday afternoon. Once you've seen the rise and fall of a sports stadium, you've officially, um, been around the block. I remember a kinder, gentler era in Dallas when as a little punk I'd peer out the family Fury along I-35 and gaze in wonderment at The Sportatorium, P.C. Cobb Stadium and a futuristic construction site dedicated to a dazzling new structure to be called Reunion Arena. The Sportatorium is a vacant, dreary lot. Cobb is the InfoMart. And, after

  November 18, 2009