The 1969 Chronicles: A Sports Writer's Notes  By Stan Isaacs

Chapter 12: Fun and Games Over the years readers told me they liked my off-beat columns the best. I enjoyed writing them as much as any. I particularly liked fooling around with lists and probably outdid myself with the "Non-Stop Trip Around the Bases" and the J.D. collection. I was thrilled when I first learned about the the Brueghel "Children's Game" painting. And I was further thrilled when I visited the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna and saw the original. It was spectacular as was the room itself, filled with several Brueghel paintings. The Bret Hanover column was an off-beat column of a different order. * * * Columns: The Greatest Athlete of Them All Was… The Games Children Play Never Change It's a Non-Stop Trip Around All the Bases Muted Cries from Faces in the Crowd This is a game for Juvenile Delinquents Will the Jim Dandys Inherit the Earth? Down on the Farm with Bret Hanover

Chapters Home Page Introduction 1. The Amazing Mets 2. Yankee Fans 3. Music to My Ears 4. Ali & Friends 5. People Are Funny 6. The Poetry Corner 7. The Glorious Knicks 8. Bill Bradley & Others 9. Horsing Around 10. An Angry Mother 11. Political Baseball 12. Fun and Games   The Greatest Athlete of Them All Was…   The Games Children Play Never Change   It's a Non-Stop Trip Around All the Bases   Muted Cries from Faces in the Crowd   This is a game for Juvenile Delinquents   Will the Jim Dandys Inherit the Earth?   Down on the Farm with Bret Hanover 13. The Sweet Science 14. Baseball, Gentlemen 15. Some Immortals 16. A Galleria 17. Ladies First 18. The Irrepressible Jets 19. The Sporting Culture Email Stan Isaacs at sibelch@optonline.net My philosophy is that there is no lily that is so beautiful it can't be gilded. I'm a top pro at gilding the lily. — Teddy Tinling (tennis dress designer)