Frank The Man

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• '42'

  By Frank Workman - Apr 21
  For better than 25 years, we have honored the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by celebrating his birthday in January. School children are ...
  

• When Perfection Meets Genius

  By Frank Workman - Mar 31
  Perfection is all around us. Genius, though, is a far rarer commodity. Often there is perfection in nature. The scent of an orange blossom. The ...
  

• Will You Still Need Me - Will You Still Feed Me.....?

  By Frank Workman - Mar 19
  When the Beatles released their masterpiece album 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' in June of '67, the summer before my senior year in high ...
  

• Learning Lessons The Hard Way

  By Frank Workman - Jan 06
  An educator friend once observed that High School sports represent the non-traditional classroom. Unlike an English or math class, where students ...
  

• Why I Love High School Sports

  By Frank Workman - Sep 17
  Late in the day at work on Friday, a co-worker asked what I had in store for my weekend. I explained I’d be going to the local Friday night high ...
  

• Seeing HS Sports DIfferently

  By Frank Workman - Aug 11
  I don't need the calendar to tell me that it's August. The sight of so many teenagers running in the neighborhood, getting in shape for their fall ...
  

• Restructuring Baseball

  By Frank Workman - May 20
  Baseball’s traditions have been trampled over the years, especially under the watch of Commissioner Bud Selig. Accommodating the fans, serving the ...
  

• Hanging Up The Mask

  By Frank Workman - Apr 08
  When a couple of good friends asked me this week if I would umpire their 8 yr old sons’ season opener, I jumped at the chance, even though I knew ...
  

• Hope and the Mariners

  By Frank Workman - Mar 11
  At the risk of sounding like too much of a pie-eyed optimist, I am getting the sense that it might be safe for Seattle Mariners fans to poke their ...
  

• Jackie Robinson

  By Frank Workman - Apr 14
  I was already a Baseball fan when the Dodgers moved out west in 1958. Jackie Robinson had retired after the 1956 season and I never got the chance ...
  

• Baseball Predictions - 2013

  By Frank Workman - Mar 30
  For no good reason other than to expose myself to rebuke and ridicule over the next six months, here are my opinions of each of Baseball's 30 ...
  

• The Player With Ten Hands

  By Frank Workman - Feb 27
  High School State Basketball tournaments tip-off around the state shortly, the eight best boys and girls teams vying for the chance to cut down ...
  

• Sportsman/Women Of The Year

  By Frank Workman - Dec 01
  In a matter of days, Sports Illustrated will share with us their selection for Sportsman of the Year. Trying to guess the honoree each year makes ...
  

• Two Old Men

  By Frank Workman - Aug 26
  The two men met at the local High School stadium this past Friday night. 7 PM sharp, exactly one week before the first football game of the new ...
  

• The Little Slugger

  By Frank Workman - Jul 30
  I was driving home from an appointment on a Saturday afternoon a few years ago, and decided to swing by the local Little League field to see who ...
  

• Ted Williams -The Best Damn Hitter Who Ever Lived

  By Frank Workman - Apr 15
  My son Tim, now in San Diego, told me on Friday that he was excited to be coaching his JV Kearney HS Komets that day on the high school field ...
  

• Baseball's New Season

  By Frank Workman - Mar 29
  There’s a certain rhythm to the seasons as each year begins. It starts with the Rose Bowl Game being played under Pasadena’s warm and sunny skies ...
  

• Who Will Be The First ?

  By Frank the Man - Jan 16
  This being the day we observe and celebrate the birth and life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., it seems an apt time to reflect on advances made by ...