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Vance Cardell

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    March 13, 2013

    America's Cup: A Novel Take on Vastly Scaled-Back Expectations

    Most San Franciscans picking up the paper the day after the Super Bowl would be reading sad headlines about the 49ers' agonizing loss. That's bad. But, hypothetically, those headlines could have noted that the city had been spared an expensive and destructive post-win riot. That's ... good? This is ... More >>

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    August 27, 2012

    America's Cup: A Day at the Races

    Sunday was about as glorious an afternoon as San Francisco ever hosted. The sun shone brightly and the weather was Northern California perfect. Beautiful people and their dogs were everywhere. That there was an America's Cup World Series race taking place was almost an auxiliary pleasure.  ... More >>

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    August 15, 2012

    Melky Cabrera Suspended: The Sorrow and the Pity

    After eight members of the Chicago White Sox were indicted by a grand jury for fixing the 1919 World Series, the Chicago Herald and Examiner reported that "one little urchin" latched onto Shoeless Joe Jackson's sleeve and asked him "It ain't true, is it?" History will always remember this quest ... More >>

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    August 2, 2011

    Cal Football -- It's Not Free Anymore

    Vance CardellThe best band money can buy ...​Those who used to "attend" U.C. Berkeley football games by decamping on aptly named Tightwad Hill could delude themselves into believing there were bigger reasons for eschewing stadium seating than free entry, your own booze, and your own ... other stuf ... More >>

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    July 14, 2010

    San Francisco Giants' Bastille Day Celebration Is Très Bizarre

    ​San Francisco, it seems, is a place where we think of new ways to celebrate Bastille Day. New ways that are très fou. Last year we noted that one of the area celebrations of the holiday was a "messe officielle du 14 juillet" -- the official mass of July 14. Yes, it is odd for a Catholic church ... More >>

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    May 17, 2010

    Parlez-Vous Baseball?

    Vance Cardell"Is it better to hit the ball onto the green or onto the red?" ​The joys of teaching baseball to someone with whom you can't speakMy father-in-law is French. He is so French that he asks for bread at Mexican and Chinese restaurants. Even well into retirement, he wears a collared shirt ... More >>

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    May 11, 2010

    Good News All Around: Cal To Play at AT&T Park in 2011; Tightwad Hill Going Nowhere

    Vance CardellCal topped Miami, 24-17, in the 2008 Emerald Bowl at AT&T Park​Like many folks with a media e-mail account, your humble narrator received the word Monday that Cal will be playing its home football games at AT&T Park in 2011 -- or whatever Pacific Bell/SBC/AT&T Park is call ... More >>

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    February 12, 2009

    San Francisco Is the City That Knows How ... To Bust Up Drunken Revelry

    Enjoy the memories. This is done. Whether San Francisco can host a party is a debatable proposition. But when it comes kicking over the soundsystem, flicking on the lights, tossing the lovebirds off the couch, and shutting down the festivities, nobody competes with us. We are so very good at killing ... More >>

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