Quote of the day
January 6, 2018
Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.
~Yogi Berra
Month: January 2018
This day in baseball: Rheingold Beer
January 5, 2018
The Brooklyn-based plant for Rheingold Beer was forced to close on January 5, 1974 due to heavy financial losses. As a result, the brewery was also forced to end its position as the primary radio-TV sponsor for the New York Mets. Rheingold as a whole shut down operations in 1976, when they found themselves unable to compete with the large national breweries.
39 days
January 4, 2018
A little bit closer to spring training every day. Only 39 days until pitchers and catchers report!
Baseball in the Time of Cholera
January 3, 2018
I have been listening to a biography of Elon Musk on audiobook, and it certainly caught my attention when the audiobook mentioned that Musk had sponsored a documentary called Baseball in the Time of Cholera. I don’t know whether Musk actually has any interest in baseball, but apparently he had visited the area of the cholera outbreak in Haiti, bringing with him gifts for an orphanage. The documentary was made shortly after.
I managed to find the documentary on YouTube. It’s only about half-an-hour long and certainly worth the watch. The cholera outbreak in Haiti began in 2010, and from what I’ve been able to tell online, continued until May 2017. I do have to caution, this documentary is a bit grim (the baseball helps to lighten things up slightly). Nonetheless, things like this are important to be aware of in our world.
Quote of the day
January 2, 2018
Baseball has been called the national pastime and rightly so because it stands for the fair play, clean living, and good sportsmanship which are our national heritage. That is why it has such a warm place in our hearts.
~Franklin D. Roosevelt
Happy New Year!
January 1, 2018
Welcome to 2018! I hope everyone had (or is having) a safe and enjoyable celebration. Here’s to a year of friendship, love, achievement, prosperity, and some really good baseball!
