July 31st, 2009 09:00am
by OldSchool
The second annual Brett Favre retirement/unretirement soap opera appears over. Does that mean the same highlight reel that ESPN must have shown a kizzilion times will be put on a shelf? Let’s hope so.
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July 30th, 2009 06:00am
by OldSchool
Trades and trade rumors are still the hot talk in baseball. Wackiest trade in baseball history? My nomination would be the 1960 midseason trade in which the Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians swapped managers.
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July 29th, 2009 09:08pm
by OldSchool
Wednesday’s trade that sent second baseman Freddy Sanchez to the Giants for minor-league pitcher Tim Alderson brings to mind notable SF-Bucs deals of the past. Here are some:
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July 29th, 2009 06:00am
by OldSchool
I know we’ve just finished with the 2009 Hall of Fame inductions of Rickey Henderson, Jim Rice and Joe Gordon. But there is one name on the eligibility list for 2010 that deserves support right now: Roberto Alomar.
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July 28th, 2009 09:00am
by OldSchool
Eight years ago the Giants made one their rare good trades. Good, as in it benefited them greatly and did not hurt them one bit. Eight years ago, in the middle of the 2001 season, the Giants traded Todd Ozias, Chris Magruder and Erasmo Ramirez to the Texas Rangers for first baseman Andres Galarraga — a certifiable big bopper of a hitter.
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July 27th, 2009 09:00am
by OldSchool
As the baseball trade deadline approaches, I’m recalling one of the most intriguing trades ever, when the Detroit Tigers traded defending batting champion Harvey Kuenn to the Cleveland Indians for the defending home-run champion.
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July 27th, 2009 01:04am
by OldSchool
Sure, the recently completed Tour de France opened what promises to be an tense and exciting rivalry between Alberto Contador and Lance Armstrong. But Armstrong’s real motivation might be Raymond Poulidor. Who’s Raymond Poulidor?
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July 26th, 2009 09:00am
by OldSchool
The Giants’ strangest, most intriguing midseason acquisitions ever: Darryl Strawberry in June 1994 and Deion Sanders in July 1995.
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July 25th, 2009 12:00pm
by OldSchool
In 1976, baseball commissioner Bowie Kuhn vetoed two midseason transactions initiated by Oakland A’s owner Charlie Finley. One deal had star pitcher Vida Blue going to the Yankees for $1.5 million. The other was outfielder Joe Rudi and closer Rollie Fingers going to the Red Sox for $2 million. I write about these undone deals and the Finley-Kuhn feud in my Sunday column in The Press Democrat, also available online at pressdemocrat.com. But there was another Finley-inspired transaction that Kuhn quashed.
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July 24th, 2009 09:00am
by OldSchool
In light of the recent news about a Terrell Owens reality TV show and a Shaquille O’Neal reality TV show, my colleague Eric suggested I imagine what reality shows might have looked like Old School-style. So, here goes.
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Robert Rubino has been a daily copy editor for nearly 30 years and a weekly sports columnist for 15 years. 
