A baseball haiku by Heather Ober
Posted: March 27, 2021 Filed under: Pop culture, Uncategorized | Tags: Baseball, haikus, Heather Ober, poetry, sports Leave a commentThere doesn’t seem to be a title to this one — it is listed merely as “Haiku 5.” All the same, I found this haiku very relatable, even in its brevity. I’m sure most kids who grow up playing ball have this experience at some point in their lives.
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an old baseball
soars across blue sky–
broken glass
Fundamentals
Posted: September 22, 2020 Filed under: Pop culture, Uncategorized | Tags: Baseball, comics, humor, Roy Delgado, sports 2 CommentsThat must’ve been a loooooong winter.
Quote of the day
Posted: September 18, 2020 Filed under: Uncategorized 2 CommentsGood fielding and pitching, without hitting, or vice versa, is like Ben Franklin’s half a pair of scissors — ineffectual.
~Moe Berg
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This day in baseball: Weiss becomes Mets president
Posted: March 14, 2020 Filed under: 20th Century, This day in baseball, Uncategorized | Tags: Baseball, George Weiss, Major League Baseball, MLB, New York Mets, New York Yankees, sports 2 CommentsOn March 14, 1961, former Yankees president George Weiss agreed to become the first president of the expansion New York Mets. It is believed that the Mets offered Weiss a five-year deal at $100,000 annually, more than he ever earned during his 14 seasons with the Yankees.
George Weiss (National Baseball Hall of Fame)
One with the bat
Posted: August 13, 2018 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Baseball, comics, humor, sports 2 CommentsI never really could understand the idea of becoming “one with the bat.” Wouldn’t that hurt?
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Distance run per game per sport
Posted: August 8, 2018 Filed under: Baseball 101, Uncategorized | Tags: Baseball, basketball, field hockey, Football, infographics, Runner's World, running, soccer, sports, tennis Leave a commentI don’t think it comes as a surprise that baseball involves the least amount of running of any of these. I am a bit surprised that a tennis match requires more running than a basketball game. It looks like the original data came from Runner’s World, though I suppose it would be unfair to include the distance of a marathon in this chart.
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Quote of the day
Posted: May 14, 2018 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Baseball, Markham Shaw Pyle, quotes, sports, St. Louis Browns, T.S. Eliot 2 CommentsIf T. S. Eliot had stayed in St Louis, he would never have held that April was the cruelest month. Well, unless he was a Browns fan.
~Markham Shaw Pyle
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Happy Halloween!
Posted: October 31, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Baseball, Halloween 2 CommentsWhether you are trick-or-treating, giving out candy, visiting haunted houses, going to a party, or just kicking back, please be safe! Also, this picture makes me want a cookie.
First ASG scorecard
Posted: July 11, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized 1 CommentIn anticipation of the All-Star Game being played tonight, here’s a look at the scorecard from the very first All-Star Game played in 1933. The American League won, 4-2, in Chicago.
National Baseball Hall of Fame Museum
Quote of the day
Posted: June 12, 2017 Filed under: Uncategorized 1 CommentTwo hours is about as long as any American can wait for the close of a baseball game, or anything else for that matter.
~Al Spalding
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