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Peter Fornieri weaves his award winning tailgate magic on Bonnie Brae in Brighton
1/16/20 Peter Fornieri, with jersey he won for the “Bison Best tailgate” at Ralph Wilson Stadium...
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Celebrating and social distancing in Brighton
Bonnie Brae Avenue in Brighton. Fans aghast that referees ruled the Colts did not fumble on their...
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Remembering Richard Anthony Allen (March 8, 1942 – December 7, 2020), Feared Slugger Who Stood Up to Bigotry
3-D SUPER STARS Richard Anthony Allen #42 © 1975 Exograph ® [From David Kramer’s collection]...
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Alas, no Turkey Bowl this year at Reifsteck Field in Brighton
The 32nd edition of the Brighton Turkey Bowl, Thanksgiving 2019 at Reifsteck Field, Brighton High...
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Remembering the Dodger’s quintessential quintet in the World Series, 1974 – 1981
Los Angeles Dodger cap and February 1975 Baseball Digest featuring Steve Garvey [David...
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Mt. Morris’s Roscoe Barnes was the Joe Morgan of his era
Memorial in Roscoe Barnes’ honor at pocket park on the corner of Main and East State...
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Four days of wild card binging, a presidential debate and infection
9/29/2020. David Kramer (left) New York Yankees vs. Cleveland Indians; (right) Donald Trump vs....
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MLB’s expanded playoffs and three game series are a travesty. Or maybe not.
The New York Evening World, 18 Oct 1889. The cartoon marks the Giants victory in the first ever...
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PENNANT RACE 20 CODICIL: A SEASON OF BASEBALL WITH A PLANE TO CATCH
Back in about 2007, my friend d.t. took a few pictures of me pretending to play baseball at the...
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Waiting for baseball? Read the 2020 Rochester Red Wings Digital Yearbook “sneak peek” including Talker’s “Hat Gate”
1975 Official International League Program Rochester Red Wings. May 16th 1975; Rochester Red Wings...
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Itching for baseball and the 12th inning home run that Carlton Fisk hit and I missed
As described, by the Korean media outlet, Dekhnews, “the Doosan Bears and LG Twins played...
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The curse laid hath done its handiwork, yet again
In the course of almost exactly two years, Talker has laid curses upon two spring football...
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Who needs live sports when you have “This Date in Sports”
ABOVE Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Court House, April 9th, 1865, The Soldier’s and...
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Bill Pruitt offers “Pennant Race in the Plague Year, Or Ohtani’s Quadruple Twenty in 2020”
Shohei Ohtani, nicknamed “Sho Time,” hits a Houston Astro with a pitched ball. Pruitt...
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Looking through the glass half full, the 2020 baseball preview
(left to right) STREET and SMITH’S OFFICIAL Yearbook, 1972, 2020 and 1978 [from David...
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Cobb’s Hill is open for business
With L.A. Fitness closed, it’s time to hit the outdoor slopes. [All photos: David Kramer...
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Featured Posts
Introductions
Welcome to Talker of the Town! My name is David Kramer. I have a Ph.D in English and teach at...
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Rachel’s Rebel Roots
RAB with FDR in Washington Square Park 6/16/16 I went to Washington Square Park to hear why Rachel...
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Che of The Town: Interviews (1-107)
You first met Che in Rochester works for actor Che Holloway, an impromptu interview and amble...
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Getting To Know Mayor Lovely Warren; A Trailblazing Leader Within Our City
You first met Che in Rochester works for actor Che Holloway, an impromptu interview and amble...
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The Presidential Visits Series in its entirety: James Monroe to Donald Trump
Of the 44 men who have served as President of the United States, 32 have stopped in Rochester...
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Kurt Vonnegut’s 1995 “Billy Pilgrim” pilgrimage to the Mt. Hope grave of Edward R. Crone Jr, Brighton High School ’41
Provided by Rosemary Lloyd. Signed copy of the 25th anniversary edition of Slaughterhouse-Five by...
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“Mr. Crane’s Vivid Story:” New and Improved
The Wells-Brown Room, Rush Rhees library, the University of Rochester. Just SOME of Crane’s books...
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Why I voted for Adam Bello and a trip down Talker political memory lane, 2015 – 2020
Adam Bello at the 2019 Labor Day Parade. [Photo: David Kramer] Last Saturday, the first day of...
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Dr. Joseph Roby could not save Lenore Engel, 11, victim of the 1918 pandemic buried in Mt. Hope Cemetery
Growing up on 39 Wilkins Street near Joseph Avenue in a German, possibly Jewish, family, Lenore...
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When Washington Square Park felt like Tiananmen Square
The bus stop on Court Street [Photo: David Kramer, 9/4/20] Last Friday, September the 4th, I heard...
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Bill Pruitt offers “TALKER’S BIRTHDAY:” Five years and counting
On September 28th, 2016 with “Ode to the Talker”, we launched what has become perhaps...
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In search of the missing 19 granite timepieces at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 1973 – September 11th, 2001
Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Highland Park. The area that contained the missing last 19 granite...
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