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Rael's Bio

I am a born and raised San Franciscan and a lifelong Giants fan. I also root for the Niners and Warriors but I bleed orange and black. I was at two of the three World Series games at Pac Bell in 2002 (for free thanks to a friend who worked the turnstiles) and have seen many of Barry Bonds' home runs sail into McCovey Cove.

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Favorite Athletes

Barry Bonds, Joe Montana, Steve Young, Will Clark, Matt Williams, Robbie Thompson, Robb Nen, Baron Davis, Monta Ellis, Stephen Jackson, Patrick Willis, Frank Gore, Tim Lincecum, Matt Cain

Favorite Sports Teams

Giants, 49ers, Warriors, Sharks

All Time Sports Moment

Can't pick one game. It has to be Bonds in the 2002 playoffs. After choking his whole postseason career, the man just carried the Giants to within outs of a title. Heartbreaking...

Most Memorable Game Attended

2007 USC-Stanford upset. I was sitting in the student section in the exact corner of the end zone where the winning touchdown was caught.

Most Unbreakable Sports Record

56-game hitting streak.

Ruth or Mays?

Mays. Homer bias but Say Hey could play.

Unitas or Montana?

Montana. He started a dynasty.

Pele or Maradona?

Pele. "Look at me! I'm Pele. Hahahaha."

Pac 10, Big 12, Big 10, SEC, ACC, or Big East?

Pac 10. It doesn't get better than Cal-Stanford or USC-UCLA.

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  1. by Rory
    17 days ago

    who is that chick in yer pic?

  2. by Glenn
    27 days ago

    oh, he's in SF. The AP is in SF. Your home.

    My Italian family came from North Beach, thus my real name Glenn Franco. Have a stepdad, so added Simmons, due to my father's death at a young age.

  3. by Glenn
    27 days ago

    SF AP does sports. I knows the guy in charge of AP Calif., Hawaii, Nev. If you want, I can put in a word for you. You have my e-mail.

  4. by Glenn
    27 days ago

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    Salary: $20,000 to $25,000
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  5. by Glenn
    27 days ago

    Company: Martinsville Bulletin
    Job Title: Sportswriter Wanted
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    Location: Virginia
    Job Status: Full-time
    Salary: Not Specified
    Ad Expires: October 12, 2008
    Job ID: 252969

    To view the above job ad, use this address:
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    If you apply for any job, make sure your clips are error-free. Although I don't edit my notes and responses, I edit all my columns and try to eliminate errors, although BR has some style differences than I'm used to.

    Also, do you know AP Style? If not, get an AP Style book and start going through it.

  6. by Glenn
    27 days ago

    I'll check him out.

    My writing is probably out of date for satire anyway. Few 'Niner fans remember Randy Cross or his wine-sipping comment. Even with wine glasses, I guess the satire fell flat. Oh, well. I tried. I bet Randy Cross would get it and I bet he would agree that the Bay Area should have dealt the 'Niners a stadium years ago.

    And if you knew me, you'd know that I would never want my beloved 'Niners in LA LA Land. My LA friends whom I've debated for years kno that. I was happy when we ran the Lambs' butts out of Anaheim. I'm as rabid and L.A. "hater" as you'll find, particularly since my brother was an L.A. fan. So it's personal.

    Do you realize why the Rams left L.A.? Attendance tanked; support tanked. It happened because we had a run on the Rams that just killed their attendance and our Super Bowls deflated the Rams' fan base. In fact, at some games, 'Niner fans were more plentiful than Rams' fans. We killed that L.A. franchise because of the DeBartolo-era run with Walsh, Montana, Lott and many more.

  7. by Glenn
    27 days ago

    Rael,

    I just checked. My label on Bonds was "editorial," not satire. Nor have I claimed it as satire. Your analysis that Bonds was very popular with Giants' fans is true; however, I know a lot of Giants' fans who disliked Bonds as much or more than me and who stopped going to SF games as a result. So it's impossible to know if there could have been more popular players. But, your analysis is sound; I just don't agree.

  8. by Glenn
    27 days ago

    I meant to saythat Nancy Gay at the Chron is better than Jenkins and there are plenty of other columnists, as well.

  9. by Glenn
    27 days ago

    Oh, one other thing. Being offensive is part of being a columnist, in my opinion. I'm not politically correct as you will noticewhen I ripped Favre, perhaps too hard. But, once you put it out there, it's out there.

    I also don't care for Jenkins' writing over the years. Nancy Gay Simmons I don't know.

  10. by Glenn
    27 days ago

    Rael, thanks for the comments. I think the satire of wine glasses, Randy Cross' statement that I changed from wine-sipping to wine-gulping comes across to 'Niner fans who were alive to remember the controversy when he said it. Nothing could be more silly than saying the 'Niners should move to L.A. I'll try to improve my satire, however. I think it's more a generational thing, but you could be correct.

    Bonds was not satire at all. I don't recall saying it was. I am serious about what I wrote about Bonds, although I believe he's being persecuted for steroids. I dont think I ttiled that oen satire nor do I recall defending it as satire.

    Mike is a classless idiot who is too young to remember Cross' wine-sipping comment.

    There are jobs in journalism. Go to journalism.com, I think that's what it is, and CNPA's job bulletin. I know there are some sports reporting jobs out there because I've seen them come through my e-mail. Although I'm not really looking into getting back into newspapers, I'm on some J-job lists.

    I don't see a future in print as much as there was a past, at least for dailies, because most dailies are distributed by folks using cars and gas and cars are getting mor expensive. It's an archaic way to deliver the news and extraordinarily expensive.

    Additionally, the Web is taking ad dollars away from most newspapers and many are bleeding red ink and are laying off as a result. Newspapers still have not been able to be able to transfer ads in the dollars they need to the Net in order to keep full staffs, so they limp along on shrinking revenues or some are subsidized by parent corporations.

    I started out in sports in high school as well as editorial writing. Send me an e-mail at glennfrancosimmons@yahoo.com and I'll give you the contact info for the sports editor I hired at the daily.

    Don't give up. There are jobs.

  11. by Daniel
    about 1 month ago

    Thanks for the support on the prospect article. Totally agree with everything you are saying.

    And don't even listen to that Ray guy talking about trading Cain. He has commented on each Giants article I have written saying that Cain and Schierholtz are crap. He is an idiot. He keeps saying that the kids need a chance but then he slams Schierholtz.

    viva gigantes

  12. by Gray Ghost
    about 1 month ago

    My wife has never been to SF. Do you know of a seafood rest. that you would recommend near the warf?

  13. by Michael
    5 months ago

    Fresno might still be a little tough for Zito. Might want to try Single A San Jose.

  14. by Dave
    6 months ago

    Yup, it's good to see the Merk finally contribute at the big league level after all those years of promise. The Russ Ortiz trade finally pays off!

  15. by Dave
    6 months ago

    Funky win last night, but hey we'll take it!

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