Once Upon a Time in the West...

The 50th anniversary of baseball coming to the West coast has been a central theme of April in Los Angeles and San Francisco. Personally, I think Salt Lake City missed the boat. When the Dodgers and Giants relocated from New York, the AAA Hollywood Stars were forced to flee California and landed here. The city helped renovate and expand Dierks Field and Utah once again was a meaningful part of the baseball landscape. I have not been to see the Bees yet his season (but at 13-1, they must be worth watching), so maybe there is come commemoration at the ballpark. Anyways, here are a couple of images (care of SFGate.com) of Opening Day, 1958 in San Francisco.

Random thoughts:
Utah's soccer community is far worse off with the demise of RSLFM.com. She did yeoman's work to bring daily, sometimes hourly, updates and a broad range of perspectives and opinions to RSL fandom. Here's an open invitation to her to share her satire, analysis and criticism on the 'Hat Rack.

Several people have asked me what coverage of the FLDS raid in Texas is like in Salt Lake City... 2-4 pages daily. Ugh. Poor kids. What a country.

If I remember, I'll add my thoughts later to this story... Chicago Tribune architecture critic Blair Kamin offered a quick critique of SLC's skyline in today's Salt Lake Tribune