http://www.dandibley.com Bay Area Sports Enthusiast! Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:57:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last night's home-opener was a lot of fun, despite the Warriors losing 108-107 to a fairly decimated Houston Rockets team. I was able to talk with many fans and the general vibe was pretty positive. The pre-game intros and hype-o-rama was very elaborate and impressive. The Warrior girls did a snappy ... http://www.dandibley.com/2009/warriors-lose-but-we-all-win/ The headline is an attention-grabber to be certain but I want this long-awaited blog entry to be much more of a How-to guide, as opposed to an ethereal dreamscape. Before I go any further I must offer a disclaimer. The advice I will give on how to Make Your Dreams Come ... http://www.dandibley.com/2009/making-your-dreams-come-true/ Let me just open by admitting how absolutely, unbelievably fortunate I am to not only have a job at KNBR, but to have the chance to take an all-expenses paid trip to New York City to see the San Francisco Giants face the Mets at brand-new Citi Field. I'm constantly aware ... http://www.dandibley.com/2009/top-10-things-ill-remember-about-my-trip-to-nyc-with-the-sf-giants/ By the time this third day (August 2, 2009) rolled around it was really starting to fell as though I belonged. The "specialness" of the surroundings and the enormity of playing golf in Scotland was still present but I felt a bit more in control of the resulting emotions. The golf ... http://www.dandibley.com/2009/dream-trip-day-3-clarity-at-carnoustie/ August 1 has always been a big day in my world as it's the birthday of my eldest brother Mike, with whom I'm traveling on this Dream golf trip to Scotland. On this day he would turn 47 and as we woke we realized how fortunate we were to be gazing ... http://www.dandibley.com/2009/dream-trip-day-2-kingsbarns-and-birthdays/ I got a lot of requests before I went to Scotland for a golfing odyssey that I "stay connected" by blogging, tweeting, and all the rest while I was abroad. I eschewed, as I didn't feel as though I could do the trip proper justice while I was over there attempting ... http://www.dandibley.com/2009/dream-trip-a-mid-handicappers-golf-journey-to-links-mecca/ I had an out of body experience today at the driving range at Metropolitan Golf Links in Oakland and I felt it my duty to share the findings. I don't want this to come off as a life-chaging moment of total clarity and blah blah blah. It wasn't quite that impactful. ... http://www.dandibley.com/2009/life-lessons-learned-on-the-driving-range/ My main man Brian Murphy was tossing around the idea of a SF Giants power rankings where we would rank the squad from 1-25. I thought it was a pretty damn interesting blog item at the very least. Without much Adu (bust?), here is my list as of this moment in ... http://www.dandibley.com/2009/giants-power-rankings-vote-for-pablo/ It's something that we haven't had to deal with in quite some time. The San Francisco Giants' bats are very quiet tonight in St. Louis. We have begun taking this offense for granted (a good thing) but tonight, it just doesn't seem to be there. The best analogy I can make ... http://www.dandibley.com/2009/giants-bats-and-my-legs-struggling/ After weeks of clamoring for bloggage by my legions of readers (possible lie), I have finally gotten off my proverbial ass and returned to the keyboard for what I hope to be minutes of entertainment. Actually, one big motivator has been the constant "pimpage" of this inactive blog on New ... http://www.dandibley.com/2009/tuesday-tidbits-marks-blogs-return/