John Hickey
@jhickey3.bsky.social
Writer with long stints covering the A’s, the Mariners, then the A’s again. Freelancing now, and not just in sports. Reader, cook, terrible gardener (when forced into it), equally poor house cleaner. Here in part because Elon Musk set Twitter aflame.
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November 2, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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Welcome to our little place of (relative) sanity
October 1, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Welcome to our little place of (relative) sanity
Nuts, I say. Just nuts.
September 28, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Nuts, I say. Just nuts.
Keep some churros in reserve
September 28, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Keep some churros in reserve
My wife and I were checking into a hotel in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Checking in at the same time right next to us: Hunter S Thompson.
Checking in at the same time right next to us: Hunter S Thompson.
July 19, 2025 at 12:13 AM
My wife and I were checking into a hotel in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Checking in at the same time right next to us: Hunter S Thompson.
Checking in at the same time right next to us: Hunter S Thompson.
It's too bad that his death comes just a few weeks before his scheduled formal induction into the Hall of Fame, but at least he learned he'd been selected to join the Cooperstown crew a few months ago.
RIP to one of the greats.
RIP to one of the greats.
June 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
It's too bad that his death comes just a few weeks before his scheduled formal induction into the Hall of Fame, but at least he learned he'd been selected to join the Cooperstown crew a few months ago.
RIP to one of the greats.
RIP to one of the greats.
A good guy, he not only gave the A's a lefty presence against the right-handed bats of Canseco, McGwire, Henderson, Carney Lansford, and, in the second half of 1989, Rickey Henderson. That club had great team chemistry, and Parker, who'd learned chemistry from Willie Stargell, helped bring it out.
June 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
A good guy, he not only gave the A's a lefty presence against the right-handed bats of Canseco, McGwire, Henderson, Carney Lansford, and, in the second half of 1989, Rickey Henderson. That club had great team chemistry, and Parker, who'd learned chemistry from Willie Stargell, helped bring it out.
His best power years were behind him at that point, but, never one to take a back seat to anyone, during one batting practice he challenged Canseco to a HR contest. The catch? Parker, a lefty, would bat right. Canseco, a righty, would bat left. It drew a big crowd. Both guys went deep multiple times
June 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
His best power years were behind him at that point, but, never one to take a back seat to anyone, during one batting practice he challenged Canseco to a HR contest. The catch? Parker, a lefty, would bat right. Canseco, a righty, would bat left. It drew a big crowd. Both guys went deep multiple times