This is a couple of days late, but congratulations to Carlos Beltran and Andruw Jones on their election to the Hall of Fame! The two will join Jeff Kent, who is also being inducted, on July 26th in Cooperstown.
I came across this video showing how professional baseballs are made. It is quite the fascinating process. As I watch this, I do wonder about the workers in that factory and hope they are getting paid a fair wage.
Unless they are playing in the World Baseball Classic. Those players will be reporting for spring training a bit sooner!
Some guys play not to get hurt, and they’re never really as good as they can be. That’s not the way I play.
~Jeff Kent
This piece is making me yearn for spring and baseball. Just 96 days remain until Opening Day 2026!
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Out on the diamond
a great place to play
I could watch those boys
hitting and running all day
Grab a seat in the bleachers
and shout out “Hooray”
out on the diamond
a great place to play
The shortstop looks restless
he flies to the bag
the catcher throws down
and he puts down the tag
the runner hears “out”
as they put him away
out on the diamond
a great place to play
The pitcher’s a lefty
and throws a mean curve
that last one was filthy
just watch that thing swerve
the three hitter K’d
slams his bat on the plate
out on the diamond
he swung it too late
The innings were short
but the game was a treat
as we watch the away team
go home in defeat
the best gem of April
is opening day
out on the diamond
the best place to play
Fans tend to get too excited by streaks of either kind and I think the press does too. There should be a happy medium.
~Walter Alston
Congratulations to Jeff Kent on his election to the Baseball Hall of Fame! Kent will be inducted on Sunday, July 26, 2026.
Free agent Tom Glavine signed a three-year deal with the New York Mets on December 5, 2002 worth $35 million, with an option for an additional year that could increase the value of the contract to $42.5 million. The southpaw hurler would log his 300th career win with the team in 2007.
We don’t have rings on our fingers. So I need to be better. Period.
~Bobby Witt, Jr.
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis died on November 25, 1944 at Chicago’s St. Luke’s Hospital, just five days after his 78th birthday. Two weeks after his death, Landis was voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame by a special committee vote. This made him just the second person to have the five-year waiting period waived, after Lou Gehrig.
