Little League Baseball Inc.

Flight of Issue: How E-40's Heir Veered From the Family Line

Matt Cain to Host Pizza Party for Petaluma Little League World Series Champs

Most Bay Area youngsters only dream of rubbing elbows with Giants' perfect game maestro Matt Cain. And now the starting pitcher is about to make some kids' hopes come true. On Sunday, Matt Cain and Patxi's Pizza will treat the Petaluma Little League World Series champs to a celebratory pizza party. ... More >>

Live Review: Tennis Takes One Step Off the Beach at Bottom of the Hill

Tennis at Bottom of the Hill on Saturday night. ​ Tennis Miniature Tigers Devon Williams Dec. 10, 2011 Bottom of the Hill Better than: Watching a documentary on '60s music. "This is a new one, it's called 'Origins.'" Alaina Moore uttered this after the halfway point of Tennis' 14-song set a ... More >>

The Franchise Episode 3 Recap: Got Heem!

​Over the past few weeks, I've complained that The Franchise has too often focused on establishing and teasing out narratives rather than using their access to its best advantage. The first two episodes spent most of their time introducing the audience to players, sometimes more than once, and ... More >>

Napa Winemaker Came from Sports Illustrated for Kids

This is another little extra for this week's review of Bar Tartine in the print edition: an interview with the man who made one of the most impressive wines on the restaurant's very interesting wine list. Liza GershmanDan Petroski​When I called Dan Petroski to ask him how he managed to make M ... More >>

Best Practices for Maximizing at a Buffet

​People in San Francisco like to play that they've always known the glory of free-range quail terrine and grew up foraging for truffles with their French papa. Don't front. The vast majority of us grew up celebrating all holidays, birthdays, and special events at a buffet. Won a Little League socc ... More >>

Check Out a Free Mini-Mix From the Diary Emo/Pop-Punk Party at Pop's Bar

​Diary is a monthly party at the inimitable Pop's Bar featuring the best in late-'90s and early-'00s emo, pop-punk, and screamo. Starting this week, Diary -- which is put on by Patric Fallon, an occasional SF Weekly contributor and expert blogger over at XLR8R, along with Kristopher Hannum -- will ... More >>

Bouncer Plays Grown-Up at CyBelle's Front Room

Cap’n Jazz reunites for a tour of self-discovery

San Francisco Giants May Open 2011 in Taiwan

Will this play in Taiwan? ​If the San Francisco Giants play a two-game set against Arizona in Taiwan -- well, which one is the home team? Major League Baseball has a while to work out who would wear gray and who dons the home whites if Giants and Diamondbacks players approve a league plan to open ... More >>

Stair Masters

Photo of the Week: Needs Improvement

Photo courtesy Gabe Rivera​ Another reason to strive for excellence on what is possibly the most grueling day of the week, this reminds us of the time we won the "Most Improved" award in grade school Little League. Damn, we were proud of that award ... Follow us on Twitter at @alexiat and @sfw ... More >>

Why Must Bike Activists Continue to Roll Over the English Language?

Dennis Herrera -- and his fun but ungrammatical T-shirtLook, we're tickled by Dennis Herrera's photo of himself showing up to work on a bicycle today -- he looks like he's getting ready to wave a kid around third base while coaching his son's Little League team, and we like that casual look in a cit ... More >>

Bouncer's Friends Help Her Get the Led Out

Steroids Confidential

Greg Anderson has given up his freedom rather than testify about Barry Bonds. But one man has learned the deepest secrets of the trainer behind baseball's new home run king.

Most Valuable Teammate

What team more than the Giants needs a morale booster and respectful team player? They got one in Mark Sweeney.

Rain, Rain, Go Away

No matter where you go, you can't escape the dreariest spring in memory. Have you embraced it, or are you just bummed out? Find out where you stand!

Bad News

One more awful remake strikes out

Say-It-Ain't-So Joe

Why does Joe Morgan -- the best second baseman in history and a prominent TV broadcaster -- hate Moneyball? And Billy Beane and his Oakland A's? And you, too, if you think the statistical revolution that's overwhelmed Major League Baseball has any

Skin Crawls

Gregg Araki's latest is more icky than mysterious

Little Fish, Big Fish

Memo to Ashcroft: Why aren't you pursuing Barry Bonds the way you did Martha Stewart?

Striking a Balance

Baby Blak

Once You Go Blak

Nice Guys Finish First

The Positive Coaching Alliance asks hard-bitten coaches to fill out workbooks and recite management jargon. It also has them saying things like, "I want to go back and relive my childhood and be coached like this."

False Recovery

An unflinching look at recollected abuse could use some skepticism

Best Idea for a New Business

Batting Cages in San Francisco

Mystery Theater

Scott Heim's cult novel -- in the flesh

Field of Liens

Before you succumb to nostalgia about a simpler, humbler baseball time, heed the lesson of Vacaville

The Garden East of Eden

Is it a dream -- or an obsession -- when someone pours a $75 million fortune into an amusement park, based on trees, located in Gilroy?

Pop Philosophy

Beyond the stupid; dancing Bush; lukewarm Chron

A Boy Scout No More

Since he was 12, Steven Cozza has led a crusade against the Scouts' anti-gay policies. What will happen now that he's grown up to discover sports and girls?

Stage

Letters

Cothran

Recycling America

As the millennium approaches, the country is engulfed in a bicycling craze that's reminiscent of our last fin de siecle. A Bay Area street kid named George Mount helped start it all. Savior on Wheels

REAL ASTROLOGY For an Unreal World