Texas Swinger: Questions on Taggart, Long raised
Investor's First said to be working with them, offshore banks
Larry Taggart and Larry Long have a deal cooking, say former employees of Long's company.But neither Larry Taggart nor Larry Long will discuss it. Larry Long won't talk about other matters, either -- particularly the criminal wire fraud suit against him that is scheduled to go to trial next week in Tulsa. Long also doesn't want to talk about the company he heads, Investor's First Bancorp, a publicly held San Diego Firm that bills itself as a...
Texas Swinger: BEST BETS
City beat Bluesman GUY FORSYTH will be at Stubb's, where country crooner TERRI HENDRIX has happy hour duty. ... Texas swinger ALVIN CROW has another free show at Babe's. ... DON WALSER also plays gratis at Jovita's. ... KATHY MCCARTY opens for PEGLEGASUS and NOTHING BUT GIL at the Electric Lounge. ... Rapper MC OVERLORD and his band perform at Steamboat. ... Antone's has more stylish R&B from the SCABS. ... KING SOUL is grooving at Top...
Texas Swinger: RYAN'S LACK OF SHUTOUTS NOT HIS FAULT
Nolan Ryan threw his first shutout since May 26, 1984 last week. That's kind of difficult to believe since Ryan has thrown more shutouts (55) than any active pitcher except Don Sutton.But the drought was hardly Ryan's fault. Here's why. In Ryan's 138 starts between shutouts, he allowed no earned runs 16 different times and just one earned run in 30 more. But in 21 of those 46 starts, he didn't even get the win.He also...
Texas Swinger: ANDERSON MAY BE BAIT FOR SOX' PITCH
Bruce Hurst pitches today for the first time since July 6, and it's an important start. The 1988 Red Sox have gotten new life from the sacking of John McNamara, but they still need some front-line pitching to stay in the race the rest of the way. The Sox return to the road tomorrow night in Texas and it'll be tougher than it's been in Fenway. Starting Aug. 4, the Sox play the first-place Detroit Tigers eight times in 11 days. Here we go. Sox general manager...
Texas Swinger: `Prime bank' cloud lingers over San Diegan
San Diegan Larry Taggart, who was California's savings & loan commissioner in the mid-1980s, is in the middle of a storm again. In a civil suit, he is charged with helping to engineer a so-called international "prime bank" scheme that fleeced a Tacoma physician of more than $400,000.In a prime bank scheme, people are told their funds will be pooled and placed into financial instruments that will be traded in rapid-fire fashion among overseas...