Last Call!: For Every King, A Crown.

Note: This is the third and final installment of the story of our trip to the Quebec League. Parts one and two may be enjoyed — with video! — in the previous two posts.
The game was over, but the fun was not. The King needed to talk to his brother, who was in the locker [...]

Still Riding With the King: More Stories From the LNAH.

When we last parted company, your plucky heroes were in an empty condo somewhere in Montreal, stuck with a sketchy character with no apparent means of income, thirteen conflicting stories about his past and very little idea of what the hell was going on…

Riding With the King: A Weekend in the LNAH

Well, this is a story I’ve been dying to tell for some time now. In fact, it’s been almost two years since the events in this story took place. Given that the drunks, misanthropes and perverts of Last Call are going to be hanging out here tonight, I think that it’s finally time to tell the tale. [...]

Dr. Bad Map (Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Stretch Run)

I spent part of my Saturday afternoon hitchhiking in the middle of nowhere, stuck in the back of a farmer’s pickup truck with a chicken in a cage. And somehow, it put this whole season into perspective for me.
As some of you who know me might be aware, I am an avid hiker. During the [...]

Stranger in a Strange Land — My Night in the Press Box, Part I

Note: for ease of reading, I’ve broken this story up into multiple parts.
It all started with an offhand comment:
“So, seeing as how I’m a fringe member of the Crunch media, does that mean I get press box privileges?”
I’d run into our man Lindsay K. while out and about with Mrs. Magics last weekend, where I [...]

Stranger in a Strange Land — My Night in the Press Box, Part II

This post picks up at the end of part I, at the start of the third period.
I started the third period hopeful, but not entirely confident. I learned very early on in the season that absolutely nothing is a given this year. For the first part of the third period, I found myself preoccupied with [...]

Stranger in a Strange Land — My Night in the Press Box, Part II

This post picks up at the end of part I, at the start of the third period.
I started the third period hopeful, but not entirely confident. I learned very early on in the season that absolutely nothing is a given this year. For the first part of the third period, I found myself preoccupied with [...]