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“Buy A Boy A Baseball,” Granger Smith

This song isn’t really about baseball, per se, but I think it’s a good example of how deeply the game is ingrained in the American psyche as the National Pastime. The idea that giving a young man a baseball would be considered by so many to be a fundamental building block in his development is … More “Buy A Boy A Baseball,” Granger Smith

August 19, 2022August 19, 2022

20th Century

This day in baseball: Tannehill no-hits the White Sox

On August 17, 1904, Boston Americans pitcher Jesse Tannehill no-hit the White Sox at Chicago’s South Side Park to win, 6-0. The 30-year-old lefty issued only one walk, hit a batter, and struck out three as he tossed just the third no-hitter in American League history.

August 17, 2022August 17, 2022

Quote of the day

Baseball changes through the years. It gets milder. ~Babe Ruth

August 16, 2022

Pop culture

The Fan

I first watched The Fan a few years ago, at the suggestion of a (now ex-) boyfriend. This weekend, I decided to sit down and take the movie in again. The Fan stars Wesley Snipes as Bobby Rayburn, an MLB star slugger, as well as Robert DeNiro as Gil Renard, a knife salesman and baseball … More The Fan

August 14, 2022

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I see great things in baseball. It’s our game—the American game. It will repair our losses and be a blessing to us all.

~Walt Whitman

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