The Old Dart Coach dictated that Toeing the Oche clean out its files. With the red carpet rolled out, trumpets ready to blare “Ruffles and Flourishes” and drummers alerted for the occasional rim shot… here ’tis.
So… has the mystery of ODC’s stolen ukulele been solved? Maybe. The ODC had blamed the pilferage – after …
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Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Column HR100
World Cup XIX
Growing up in Oakland the Old Dart Coach was subject to the fads that swept the neighborhood like rain in Seattle. After a Saturday afternoon movie-cartoon fest with a Sheik of the Desert Serial – 14 cents for 12 cartoons, the serial plus a cowboy movie …
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Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Column HR99
World Cup Team: BEWARE!
Author John Steinbeck opined, the “best-laid plans of mice and men oft go astray.” The same is true of guys who write darts columns.
The Old Dart Coach always viewed International darts competitions as great sporting events. He fell in lust after the 1979 World …
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Friday, September 13, 2013
Column HR98
Darts, the Circus and Clowns (the DRA)
Prompted by the query, “How does your mind work?” the Old Dart Coach mused. He was bewildered by the question (and highly offended by the term “work”) but he soldered on.
His mind wandered back to a book he devoured in his …
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Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Column HR97
Wrasslin’ with the PDC (and an anaconda?)
Ever try to explain the game of darts to a sightless person? It’s hard enough to explain the game, period.
Eons ago the ODC explained the game to Chris Berman on ESPN, “You start with something… when you have nothing left… you …
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Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Column HR96
The Sun: “Bristow calls Taylor a cheat over missed double 12.”
Thursday in Las Vegas means a lunch of sporting personalities and sports writers and a good chin wag. It’s strange that HHR II (aka the Old Dart Coach) is included considering the fact that he meets none of …
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Monday, July 15, 2013
Column HR95
How flipping magnanimous!
During a recent chat a pal of the Old Dart Coach remarked of a common acquaintance, “He has a character flaw. He doesn’t like sports.”
That statement’s simplicity is astounding. In sport it’s “outhouse” to the “penthouse” – and vice versa – in a New York …
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Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Column 94
“We celebrate the 4th because we got rid of the likes of you!”
The cry rang throughout the land…
“The British are coming! The British are coming!”
Most can identify the loudmouth as Paul Revere immortalized by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in his poem “Paul Revere’s Ride.”
Paul’s horse?
“Brown …
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Thursday, June 13, 2013
Column HR93
“What a difference a day makes.” 24 little hours… and an era passes.
Prophetic or pathetic, work on this effort began with quotations (and nicknames) as the centerpiece…
From “The Bard” Shakespeare (Romeo and Juliet): “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name …
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Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Column HR92
The world was Barry’s. He just let us live in it.
Mention the name William Shatner and the image of James T. Kirk, captain of the USS Enterprise on Star Trek, comes to mind or maybe even an older Shatner doing commercials for Priceline.com. Lately Shatner has been walking …
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