Quote of the day
Posted: November 28, 2021 Filed under: Quote of the day, Uncategorized | Tags: Baseball, Major League Baseball, MLB, quotes, Roy Clark, sports 2 CommentsTo put it better, we believe the radar gun will get you drafted, but you have to pitch to get to the big leagues. Tools will get you drafted, but you have to be able to play to get to the big leagues.
~Roy Clark
Roy Clark (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
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
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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