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Friday, June 29, 2018
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Larry Butler – on the road to recovery and continued domination

North America has a history of world class dart players. The names Umberger, Kramer, Ney, Virachkul, Verrier (G), Payne, Holyoake, Part, Sinnaeve, Gopar, Lim (P), Ennis, Puccello, Daniels, McGinnis, Fischer, Heard, Kelly, Miller and Valleto are just a …

Sunday, June 3, 2018
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PDC World Cup XIII – Final Day

The lunchtime crowd at the Eissporthalle was rocking and rolling when the final day of World Cup XIII swung into action. They were there primarily to indulge in the German custom of enjoying “Golden Elixir” and cheering on the home team when …

Saturday, June 2, 2018
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PDC World Cup XIII – Day 3 Round up

The lunchtime menu at the Eissporthalle promised some delectable delights. As it was, there appeared nothing more than appetizers. Served, but of course served with large quantities of “Golden Elixir.” The evening session promised a full main course. It delivered …

Friday, June 1, 2018
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PDC World Cup XIII – Day 2 Round up

On the second day of World Cup XIII the Eissporthalle was an almost chocker block full in anticipation of Germany facing Sweden. The beer sellers were busy as the match was scheduled next-to-last. Clever fellows. (The Eissporthalle’s primary function is …

Thursday, May 31, 2018
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PDC World Cup XIII – Day 1 Round up

Outside in Frankfurt, Germany’s 5th largest city, it was a balmy night with intermittent thundershowers…

In the Bahnhofsviertel district the boys, girls and those that don’t wish to state were getting ready to ply their “pay-to-play” trade. John McDonald took …

Tuesday, May 29, 2018
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A preview of PDC World Cup XIII

If you woke up this morning with Huey Lewis singing “This is It” in your head then you’re READY… as in just two days on May 31st (Thursday) 32-two man teams will toe the oche in the PDC’s World Cup XIII. …

Friday, May 18, 2018
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“High Hopes”

It was 20 years ago last week that Frank Sinatra died…

Recently, social media asked the question, “Why do Millennials like Frank Sinatra?” The Old Dart Coach answered without hesitation, “’Cause he could sing.” Seemed simple.

One of Sinatra’s big hits was “Fools Walk In (Where Angels …

Wednesday, May 9, 2018
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Ghostly prophetic…

After each column the Old Dart Coach receives a tsunami of questions. The most prominent of those is “Why don’t you just hang it up you ignorant old live-in-the past-know-nothing geezer.” The ODC discounts that question as it comes from the same 500 regular readers every time.…