Peter Baulderstone and the Avenging Eagle briefly disrupt lunch in the Douro Valley in Portugal to report on an unimportant football match that occurred in an empty stadium in “Greater” Western Sydney.
Finals Week 1 – Port Adelaide v West Coast: Boots of Spanish Leather
September 12, 2017 by 9 Comments
Peter Baulderstone and the Avenging Eagle celebrate the Eagles nail biting win from a little hacienda on the Spanish north coast.
Hail to the Chief
July 30, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Peter Baulderstone has found some leaked tapes from the Oval Office. But he’s not sure which one.
Round 16 – West Coast v Port Adelaide: Dead Parrots
July 13, 2017 by 11 Comments
Peter Baulderstone thinks his Eagles recruiting has been diabolical and the team is the slowest in the AFL. He vents with a Monty Python “cruel but fair” take on the team’s consistent lack of second half run.
Blighty You Legend
June 24, 2017 by 20 Comments
Peter Baulderstone offers a personal tribute to Malcolm Blight the man; the footballer and newly inducted AFL (should that be Australian football?) Legend.
RIP John Clarke: The Dagg is Dead
April 10, 2017 by 20 Comments
Peter Baulderstone mourns the passing – and celebrates the work, wisdom and wit – of John Clarke.
Round 1 – North Melbourne v West Coast: Josh Kennedy’s In Melbourne Tonight
March 27, 2017 by 4 Comments
Peter Baulderstone and the Avenging Eagle got their week in Melbourne off to a good start with their Eagles thumping the Kangaroos at Etihad on Sunday afternoon. Should PB be worried about AE’s new toy boy?
Almanac Music: Springsteen does Springsteen
January 31, 2017 by 12 Comments
Peter Baulderstone takes in a Bruce Springsteen concert in Perth last week. Another premiership winning performance or are the years catching up with The Boss?
Meetings with Remarkable Men
December 7, 2016 by 2 Comments
Peter Baulderstone imagines a meeting between Vic and the Don.
Baseball World Series Game 7: Real sport, Real consequences, Real men
November 3, 2016 by 8 Comments
Forget the pointless monotony of the “test” cricket (D Minuses all round). Today’s sporting highlight is the deciding Game 7 of the Baseball World Series between the biggest underachievers in the sport’s history – the Chicago Cubs and Cleveland Indians starting at 11am today (Eastern Summer Time). Think Western Bulldogs v Leicester City. Peter Baulderstone suggests an introductory read of the New Yorker’s profile of their outstanding managers Joe Maddon and Terry Francona. Think Claudio Ranieri and Luke Beveridge. Go Cubs.
Grand Final 2016 – Sydney v Western Bulldogs: We’ll All Be ‘Rooned
October 4, 2016 by 10 Comments
An epic Footy Almanac Grand Final Lunch topped only by an epic Grand Final. Can the Bulldogs drop their hangdog persona? Peter Baulderstone adapts classic Australian verse (apologies to John O’Brien) to record the events of recent days.
Finals Week 1 – West Coast v Western Bulldogs: Outcoached, Outsmarted and Outplayed
September 13, 2016 by 10 Comments
Peter Baulderstone reviews his Eagles being outsmarted and outworked by the Bulldogs on Thursday night, and how the season has gone for Adam Simpson’s underachievers.
Round 22 – West Coast v Hawthorn: Bury My Heart at Wounded Knees
August 21, 2016 by 8 Comments
Peter Baulderstone and his Eagles experienced their 15 minutes of fame on Friday night before Nic Naitanui ruptured his ACL. He was expecting 5 more weeks like that.
Round 21 – GWS v West Coast: Love Letter to an Old Flame
August 17, 2016 by 10 Comments
Peter Baulderstone writes an apologetic love letter to his West Coast Eagles. Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
The Superfish and Olympic Fairy Dust
August 9, 2016 by 11 Comments
The Olympics fills Peter Baulderstone with cynicism and loathing for 206 weeks every 4 years. On Monday a chance encounter with the Superfish sprinkled him with Olympic fairy dust for the next 2 weeks.
Almanac Golf: British Open Golf – Duel of the ‘sons
July 18, 2016 by 10 Comments
A meditation from Peter Baulderstone on golf, life and the final round duel between Henrik Stenson and Phil Mickelson at Royal Troon.
Round 15 – West Coast v Essendon: Raking over the Rolls
July 2, 2016 by 6 Comments
Peter Baulderstone enjoyed the Avenging Eagle’s chicken rolls, the replay of Rake and his Eagles win over Essendon (in that order). Perhaps the Eagles can rise from their slump like Cleaver Greene.
Once Were Warriors – Remembering Muhammad Ali
June 6, 2016 by 8 Comments
Peter Baulderstone remembers Muhammad’s Ali life as it unfolded and his impact in changing the culture and attitudes in the 60s.
Round 10 – West Coast v Gold Coast: Second Acts
May 31, 2016 by 9 Comments
Peter Baulderstone watched Gary Ablett Jnr rage against the dying of the light on Sunday. Not so much a match report as a reflection on the significance of second acts in all our lives.
PB’s Rant: Lawyers and TV – the lunatics are running (ruining?) my asylum
Peter Baulderstone fires both barrels at video decision making infecting golf, cricket, footy – and society by extension. Crap decisions over the weekend and three days off the grog and sugar can make a man cranky.