Quote of the day
December 30, 2020
Enjoy your sweat because hard work doesn’t guarantee success, but without it you don’t have a chance.
~Alex Rodriguez
Month: December 2020
RIP Phil Niekro
December 28, 2020
Phil Niekro pitched for 24 seasons in Major League Baseball, spending 20 of those seasons with the Braves, both in Milwaukee and Atlanta. Niekro’s 318 career victories are the most by a knuckleball pitcher and rank 16th on MLB’s all-time wins list. He won the NL Gold Glove Award five times, was selected for five All-Star teams, and led the league in victories twice and in ERA once.
Niekro also earned the Lou Gehrig Award, the Roberto Clemente Award, and the Brian Piccolo Award for his humanitarian service off the field. He also served on the Hall of Fame’s Board of Directors since 2009. Niekro was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1997.
Phil Niekro died December 26, 2020 after a battle with cancer. He was 81 years old.
“All Future and No Past,” The Baseball Project
December 27, 2020
This song makes me eager for spring. I hope you can enjoy a little Baseball Project on this lazy Sunday morning.
Season’s Greetings!
December 25, 2020
I hope that everyone is having a lovely holiday season. Stay safe, everybody.
Quote of the day
December 23, 2020
I didn’t understand anything about playing baseball. I started playing, and it was enjoyable. Most of my life, I played with older people on my team, in my league. I learned a lot about life. Every day in my life, I learned something new from somebody.
~Ernie Banks
Three is a snowball
December 22, 2020
Growing up, my brothers and I used to do that thing that I think all kids do: hitting a snowball with a baseball bat just to see it explode. I don’t recall that we ever tried pitching a snowball, though. There would definitely have to be rules against iceballs and packing those damned rocks inside, for certain.
Infographic: World Series Fun Facts
December 19, 2020
I’m not sure when this infographic was created, but it has a lot of fun information on it. It’s at least as recent as 2005, as it references the White Sox-Astros Series that year.
Edit: A friend pointed out the graphic must have been created in 2012, since it mentions it had been 104 years since the Cubs last won the Series.
Quote of the day
December 18, 2020
To the people out there, baseball is a simple sport. But it is complex. It is never easy.
~Dave Winfield
This day in baseball: Umpire vision requirements are instituted
December 15, 2020
During a session held on December 15, 1910 at the Hotel Breslin in New York, National League president Tom Lynch announced to owners that umpires would be required to take what he called a “severe” eye test before the start of the season. As a result of the decree, any arbitrator found to have defective eyesight would not be permitted to work.
To this day, MLB umpires are required to demonstrate 20/20 vision, either with or without corrective lenses.
Quote of the day
December 13, 2020
I’m thankful God has given us the technology where we can see each other through Skype on the computer. It’s not the same thing, but at least we can see each other. Imagine the time before when that wasn’t available and people had to go defend our country. It’s really hard. I go two weeks without seeing my family and I go crazy.
~Albert Pujols
