Quote of the day
May 30, 2025
The reason I think I’m a good pitcher is I locate my fastball and I change speeds. Period. That’s what you do to pitch. That’s what pitchers have to do to win games.
~Greg Maddux
Month: May 2025
This day in baseball: Willie Mays’s first hit
May 28, 2025
Giants outfielder Willie Mays collected his first major league hit on May 28, 1951. Mays had no hits in his first twelve at-bats in the major leagues, but he hit a home run off Warren Spahn over the left-field roof of the Polo Grounds in his thirteenth plate appearance. However, the Giants would lose to the Braves, 4-1.
“Phillies Going all the Way,” Q102 Philly
May 16, 2025
This song appears to have first aired on Q102 in Philadelphia around 2009. It’s pretty catchy, even if you’re not a Phillies fan. If you’re curious, you can find details about the performers of the song in the description of the video on YouTube.
Quote of the day
May 9, 2025
No one has come up with a substitute for hard work.
~Ted Williams
This day in baseball: Ty Cobb slugs 5 in two games
May 6, 2025
On May 6, 1925, Ty Cobb hit his fifth home run in two games. Cobb hit three home runs on May 5th against the St. Louis Browns, going 6-for-6 that day. The next day he hit two more home runs, tying Cap Anson’s 1884 record. The Tigers won 14-8 on May 5th, and then 11-4 on May 6th, over the Browns at Sportsman’s Park.
“Pitching Game (A Good Changeup),” by Tim Eichhorn
May 2, 2025
I like the simplicity of this piece. Simple, yet profound, especially if you’ve tried your hand at throwing a changeup and realized what an art form it truly is.
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A good fastball
is not achieved
without a good
changeup. That
is to say that one
must feel the circle
within his stretched
hands and gently
unravel her laces
with your fingertips;
before you simply
jam it up inside of
the zone as fast as
you can.