It was a routine play, pulled off with such balance, power and elegance that it was anything but routine. And when the RoughRiders’ 19-year-old shortstop completed turning his half of the double-play, I turned to Frisco play-by-play voice Scott Garner and said: “The first time he steps on the field…
On Monday, Central Dallas Community Development Corporation exec director John Greenan told Unfair Park that there were several entries among the 96 sent in to the Re:Vision Dallas competition worth building, even those that didn’t finish among the top six. Today, we get a very detailed look at one of…
Be careful what you ask for, Butch Aycock. Just four months ago, in a piece about how a dry spell’s turning to out-and-out drought, the Collin County farmer was in The Dallas Morning News fretting about evaporating stock tanks and withering wheat and about how he needed water pronto. But…
Some interesting items on the Dallas Park and Recreation Board’s meeting agenda today, chief among them: Today’s the day the board gets a detailed look at the Samuell Trust, just two months after the Texas Attorney General’s Office hashed out an agreement with the city that “imposes management practice modifications,…
The missus and I got a call yesterday from Dallas Independent School District Superintendent Michael Hinojosa, thanking us for keeping the kid in the district for a whole school year: “Thank you for entrusting your students to us and keeping the focus on academic achievement this school year,” said the…
When I heard Channel 8 sports anchor Dale Hansen was taking off the entire month of June, I was jealous. Then a little concerned. We all know Dale plays golf and poker and hookie with the best of them – seems like he was off all of April, too -…
This can’t be good. As the Texas Rangers reached the 50-game mark on June 1, star outfielder Josh Hamilton was hitting .240 with only six home runs while spending time on the disabled list with injured ribs and a sore groin. First baseman Chris Davis was on pace to become…
Just a few feet from his hot dog cart, “Uncle Vinny” takes a man’s neck into the bend of his arm and twists him to the ground. Uncle Vinny is breathing heavily, and his teeth are clenched. The man kicks at the ground and taps at the arm tightening around…
Going batty: Buzz has always been kind of fond of Avi Adelman—a position not common among many of our readers, who would prefer to do their drinking on Lower Greenville Avenue without being hassled by Adelman. It’s not that Buzz agrees with Adelman’s efforts to drive the bars from his…
As Patrick M. pointed out Friday, the finalists in the 24 Hour Video Race are scheduled to screen tonight at the Angelika Film Center on Mockingbird Station. Show starts at 6, and for those in need here’s the full rundown. Alas, several worthy contenders didn’t make the cut, and you’ll…
So the “major announcement” at Dallas City Hall this afternoon was the unveiling of a new annual running event: the Rock ‘n’ Roll Dallas Half Marathon. It’s set for March 14, 2010, and organizers — which include the city, the White Rock Marathon and the Competitor Group, the latter of…
This morning I wrote that you can never ever trust Vicente Padilla. Now, you won’t have to. The Texas Rangers this afternoon requested outright waivers on the bean-balling, inconsistent, free-agent-to-be pitcher…
As mentioned yesterday, Dallas Area Rapid Transit president and exec director Gary Thomas testified today in front of a U.S. Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs subcommittee hearing concerning Federal Transit Administration grants and oversight. For those who might have missed it — and I’ll assume that’s every single one…
Organizers of last night’s “Story of the Statler” presentation at the Dallas Center for Architecture expected, oh, maybe 30 or 40 folks to show for architect Marcel Quimby’s talk about the historic, neglected hotel on Commerce Street. But it was standing-room-only — 150 and then some, among them Mayor Tom…
I’m sure he’ll have more to say when he arrives in town later this month for his annual summer camps down in Duncanville, but former Dallas Cowboys’ receiver Terrell Owens talked a little about his former team this week with 105.3 The Fan host Greg Hill. The raw, unedited audio…
Back in April, Tom Korosec wrote for the paper version of Unfair Park a story that asked, Just how prepared is Dallas for an F5 tornado? Short answer: Not very. But only because “it would be too big for a simple quick response,” wrote city of Dallas emergency management director…
I’ve left messages for Mark Taylor, the attorney representing the three men suing Michael Irvin, but I did speak a moment ago with Larry Friedman, who’s repping the former Dallas Cowboy and who’s mentioned in the complaint about which we wrote this morning. And Friedman doesn’t mince words when asked…
Dallas Police Chief David Kunkle tells Unfair Park he expects to launch the so-called no-refusal program full-time in September after key legislation passed Sunday that makes obtaining a blood search warrant easier.”That was the hold up,” says Kunkle, who explains that the old law stipulated that only certain judges could…
If Tom Hicks can be a cash-strapped customer at the pawn shop, can it also happen to Jerry Jones? I know, sounds ridiculous. And the notion is likely just that – ridiculous. But the economic crunch is certainly in play with him, like the rest of us. Consider: *The Cowboys…
We didn’t get the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals press release till way late in the afternoon yesterday, but on Tuesday, PETA member Shari Pearson took off her top, whipped out the body paint and crawled into a cage in downtown Fort Worth to protest Ringling Bros. and…
Almost immediately after Schutze posted his wrap-up from the Monday-morning press conference at Dallas City Hall, where Mayor Tom Leppert drove his Chevy to the levees, a Friend of Unfair Park pointed our attention to Page 18 of the Trinity River Corridor Project briefing the city council will cover this…
Guaranteed your Tuesday was better than the Texas Rangers. Josh Hamilton back on the disabled list. Another reminder why they can never ever trust Vicente Padilla. Allowed a 7-run inning to the Yankees, biggest against them all season. Even TV analyst Tom Grieve suffered a hamstring cramp during the telecast. Oh yeah,…
