Happy Holidays!
December 24, 2022
I hope that everyone is enjoying a warm and cozy holiday season. I wish you all the very best as we head into the final days of 2022 and look forward to an exciting new year!
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Quote of the day
November 28, 2021
To 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
A baseball haiku by Heather Ober
March 27, 2021
There 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
September 18, 2020
Good fielding and pitching, without hitting, or vice versa, is like Ben Franklin’s half a pair of scissors — ineffectual.
~Moe Berg
This day in baseball: Weiss becomes Mets president
March 14, 2020
On 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.
One with the bat
August 13, 2018
I never really could understand the idea of becoming “one with the bat.” Wouldn’t that hurt?
Distance run per game per sport
August 8, 2018
I 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.
Quote of the day
May 14, 2018
If 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
Happy Halloween!
October 31, 2017
Whether 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
July 11, 2017
In 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.
