Michael Clair
Writer at MLB
Stirrup sock, spooky stuff, and enthusiasm enthusiast. Writer @MLB, doing lots of international, @wbcbaseball and uniform stories. Guitar for @TheSubwayGhosts.
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2 weeks ago |
liveforlivemusic.com | Michael Clair
For many music fans, the live performance is often the deciding factor for a band’s true worth; otherwise, it’s just studio smoke and mirrors and nice press photos. The communal celebration between band and fans is what makes the live music experience so transcendent—a fact jam band fans have known since the Grateful Dead first played for some friends over for a relaxing evening of Kool-Aid and LSD back in the late ’60s.
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2 weeks ago |
liveforlivemusic.com | Michael Clair
Vampire Weekend last played Asheville in 2010 at the 1,000-capacity Orange Peel, which even then felt like an intimate venue for the then indie buzz band. Monday night’s Asheville tour stop was long awaited, as the band’s two most recent stops were canceled/delayed by calamity (COVID in 2020, Hurricane Helene in 2023).
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2 weeks ago |
mlb.com | Michael Clair
Forget the Mona Lisa and the hours-long line you have to wait in to get a glimpse of it. (Despite her smile, I bet she couldn't even hit .250.) If you want some real art featuring players who could hack it at the plate, you want to turn to Diamond Kings, the lovingly painted Donruss cards of baseballs superstars from 1982-1996.
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3 weeks ago |
mlb.com | Michael Clair
It was the perfect day, the one children from every generation dream of: In John Hughes’ seminal comedy classic “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” the trio of high schoolers -- played by Matthew Broderick, Alan Ruck, and Mia Sara -- don’t just skip school, but suck from the very marrow of life as they gallivant across the Windy City. They go to the Art Institute of Chicago, dine at an exclusive French bistro, and -- most important for our purposes -- head to Wrigley Field to watch the Cubbies.
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1 month ago |
ourcommunitynow.com | Michael Clair
Share Ten years ago, the Kansas City Royals made history: After falling to the Giants in a seven-game classic, the Royals returned to the World Series the next year and gave the people of Kansas City its second championship. Led by World Series MVP Salvador Perez and a roster of homegrown stars, the Royals took down the New York Mets in five games.
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