Quote of the day
March 21, 2019
On my tombstone, just write “The sorest loser who ever lived.”
~Earl Weaver
Month: March 2019
“Baseball Ballet,” Terry Cashman
March 19, 2019
I never thought of comparing baseball and ballet, but Terry Cashman makes the metaphor work with this song. The tune is even a bit sing-songy to make it seem more like a dance.
Ten days
March 18, 2019
Only 10 days remaining until Opening Day!
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
March 17, 2019
If you’re so inclined to imbibe the green beer, please try not to overdo it. Everyone be safe and have a great holiday!
Quote of the day
March 16, 2019
Baseball is the only thing besides the paper clip that hasn’t changed.
~Bill Veeck
“MLB Begins,” by Robert Heemstra
March 15, 2019
This piece is a few years old, but I came across it this morning, and I would say the timing is still appropriate. The weather might still be iffy in spots, but only five days remain until spring officially arrives!
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Preseason Baseball
two-thousand-sixteen
is now underway
oh what fun it is
watching baseball played
the grapefruit league
the cactus league
in Florida
Arizona
who’ll make team
and who won’t
get in shape
April
for real
play
A couple more jokes
March 14, 2019
In case you need a chuckle on this fine morning, here are a couple baseball jokes I came across to get you going! The second one strikes me as an actual, real-life story, which makes it all the more amusing.
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A man is trapped in a house without windows, doors, or any other way of exiting. The house is on fire and has started to collapse, and the man has only a baseball and a bat. How does he get out? He swings at the air three times because in baseball it is one, two, three strikes and you’re out at the ol’ ball game!
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On a spring break trip to Italy, my friends and I were standing just inside St. Peter’s Basilica, the second largest church in the world.
The tour guide explained, “This church is so large that no man on earth could hit a baseball from one end to the other, not Lou Gehrig, Babe Ruth, or even Mark McGwire.”
My group stared in silence at the beautiful marble sculptures, intricate paintings, and glorious mosaics all around the enormous building.
Then one girl interrupted the silence with an astonished question: “You mean, they actually let them hit baseballs in here?”
This day in baseball: Braves looking to move
March 13, 2019
Lou Perini announced on March 13, 1953 that he would be seeking permission from the National League to move his franchise from Boston to Milwaukee. The Braves owner pointed to poor attendance as the reason for wanting to relocate the club. This date would come to be known as “Black Friday” in Boston.
Quote of the day
March 12, 2019
Baseball is not a sport you can achieve individually.
~Curt Schilling
Backwards bases
March 11, 2019
On June 23, 1963, Mets outfielder Jimmy Piersall faced Phillies pitcher Dallas Green to lead off the top of the fifth. Piersall swung on Green’s offering and blasted what was career homer number 100.
To celebrate the milestone, Piersall then decided to take Duke Snider up on his clubhouse bet and ran around the bases backward. He completed his trip around the bases in the correct order: first, second, third, and home — he just faced backwards. Piersall essentially backpedaled all the way around the infield.
