Playing sports
Posted: October 22, 2021 Filed under: Pop culture | Tags: Baseball, comics, Don Mathias, humor, Major League Baseball, MLB, MLB The Show, sports, video games Leave a commentThis seems like a common theme among today’s youth. Admittedly, though, it is far easier to throw a curveball on MLB The Show than it is in real life.
“Lets Go, Go Go White Sox”
Posted: October 13, 2021 Filed under: 20th Century, 21st Century, Pop culture | Tags: ALCS, Baseball, Black Sox, Black Sox Scandal, Captain Stubby and the Buccaneers, Chicago White Sox, history, Major League Baseball, MLB, music, sports, World Series 2 CommentsI’m not a White Sox fan, but I admit I was lowkey hoping they’d at least advance to the ALCS, if only so that I could post this without it seeming awkward. But I also know that if I wait until after the end of the season, I run the risk of forgetting about this altogether, so here’s the White Sox fight song performed by Captain Stubby and the Buccaneers.
This song first appeared in 1959 during the White Sox’s run for the AL pennant, which was the team’s first league championship since the Black Sox Scandal of 1919. The song re-emerged and regained popularity in 2005, the year that the Sox swept the Astros in four games in the World Series.
“A Fisherman’s Tale,” Anonymous
Posted: October 6, 2021 Filed under: 20th Century, Pop culture | Tags: Baseball, books, Boston Red Sox, Ernest Hemingway, Joe DiMaggio, Major League Baseball, MLB, New York Yankees, poetry, sports, Ted Williams, The Old Man and the Sea Leave a commentThis piece was published in 1942 and it references Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea. In the novella, the main character, Santiago, idolizes DiMaggio and is a big Yankees fan. To Santiago, DiMaggio represents an ideal, and he compares himself against the ballplayer as a way to measure his own success and worth.
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Ernest
Hemingway
Immortalized
Joe
DiMaggio
and
Joe
DiMaggio
Immortalized
Himself
And
So
Did
Ted Williams
that wonderful slugger from Boston.
No bean balls
Posted: September 30, 2021 Filed under: Pop culture | Tags: Baseball, Charles Schulz, Charlie Brown, comics, humor, Peanuts, sports Leave a commentThat’s one way to draw an intentional walk.
Charles Schulz
“Casey Bats Again,” by Disney
Posted: September 22, 2021 Filed under: 20th Century, Pop culture | Tags: Baseball, cartoons, Casey at the Bat, Ernest Lawrence Thayer, poetry, sports, videos, Walt Disney Leave a commentIn 1946, Disney released an animated adaptation of Ernest Lawrence Thayer’s poem, “Casey At the Bat.” The short film proved so popular that in 1954, Disney made a sequel, Casey Bats Again, in which Casey’s nine daughters redeem his reputation.
I’m so glad we now live in a world where girls playing baseball is becoming more widely accepted and appreciated.
Priorities
Posted: September 18, 2021 Filed under: Pop culture | Tags: Baseball, Brian Crane, comics, family, life, sports Leave a commentThis might win the award for the most wholesome thing of the day.
Admittedly, it’s a bit of a stretch to call this a baseball comic. But it does put things in perspective, which I say counts for a lot.
Brian Crane
Goofy on How to be a baseball fan
Posted: September 10, 2021 Filed under: Pop culture | Tags: Baseball, cartoons, Goofy, humor, Mickey Mouse, sports, videos 2 CommentsWe all know that root, root, rooting for the home team can be a rollercoaster ride. In this video, Goofy attempts to show us how to do it right.
Poor Goofy. Being a baseball fan really can be tough, sometimes.
If cats played baseball
Posted: September 7, 2021 Filed under: Pop culture | Tags: Baseball, cats, comics, humor, sports Leave a commentThis would be my cat, if she were asked to play outfield. And birds would not be the only distraction — she also gets distracted by rabbits, squirrels, lizards, other cats… basically any other living thing that dares come within her sphere of awareness.
“Vida Blue,” Albert Jones
Posted: September 2, 2021 Filed under: 20th Century, Pop culture | Tags: Albert Jones, All-Star Game, American League, Baseball, Cy Young Award, Major League Baseball, Major League Baseball Most Valuable Player Award, MLB, music, National League, Oakland Athletics, sports, Vida Blue 1 CommentVida Blue was a left-handed pitcher who is primarily known as a vital member of the Oakland Athletics dynasty that won three consecutive World Series championships from 1972 to 1974. Blue won the American League Cy Young Award and Most Valuable Player Award in 1971, and he was the first pitcher ever to start the All-Star Game for both the American League (1971) and the National League (1978).
This tribute by Albert Jones was released in 1971.
“Back at the Ball Game”
Posted: August 23, 2021 Filed under: Pop culture | Tags: Baseball, poetry, sports Leave a commentI like the imagery in this piece, and the wonder of a child watching a baseball game is always enjoyable to think about. I’m not sure of the author’s actual name, as the poem is posted only with the username, Obthompson. You can find the original post here.
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The scoreboard reads:
Bottom nine.
2 out;
3 on.
“Batter up!” comes the shout,
Way back in the stands sits a child effervescent with joy;
His father beside him speaks to him softly;
Close your eyes and think,
That could be me.
The roar of the throbbing crowd longing for victory,
Seats teeming with fans
some sad with worry, some happy with glee.
The scuffing of shoes,
The clearing of throats,
The build up to when pandemonium ensues.
That old smell of peanuts,
The roll of the organ,
The batter steps up to take his cuts.
He steps up to the plate,
Breathes; and takes it all in
He closes his eyes and thinks to himself;
Why me and not him?
