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New Blog Topic: THE MUSIC OF BASEBALL
Just recently I [Bill Gutman] wrote a blog about Take Me Out to the Ballgame, calling it the
National Anthem of baseball. It still is…
February Baseball Trivia Contest Now Open: So You Think You Know A Lot About Babe Ruth! (Still time to enter, contest ends Feb. 25th)
Your score not important, just participate to be eligible to win the Grand Prize Giveaway, a $50 Amazon gift card…
New Blog Topic: A YOUNG KID MEETS ROGERS HORNSBY!
The story dates back to July, 1960. That’s the month my widowed grandfather, Lou Livacari, moved in to my family’s home in Lincolnwood, Illinois…
Living in the Shadow of Mickey Mantle!
We often forget what an emotional investment we’ve made to the game of baseball. It usually starts early-on in our youth and continues throughout our lives…
New Blog Topic: SAYING GOODBYE TO OUR HEROES
The death of Hank Aaron caused a ripple effect throughout not only the baseball world, but in many other quarters as well…
New Blog Topic: BASEBALL’S HOT STOVE LEAGUE
All baseball fans know just what the Hot Stove League is. Theoretically, it can be applied to any baseball talk or discussion during the offseason…
Hank Aaron, RIP
The baseball world was again saddened with today’s news that one of the greatest ballplayers of all time, Hall-of-Famer Hank Aaron (February 5, 1934- January 22, 2021) has passed away…
New Blog Topic: “Baseball’s Eccentrics and Zany Characters”
“The trouble with Bordagaray is that he thinks he’s a Babe Ruth and wants to be paid accordingly…trouble is, he’s not Babe Ruth, not by a mile”…
Our Annul Baseball Tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr.
As is my usual custom, I always like to find a connection between baseball history and national holidays…
NEW BLOG TOPIC: THE LOUISVILLE SLUGGER
Please note: As we compose new blog entries, we will now send each one out to all our subscribers as we post them. -GL
DON MATTINGLY: FAME SECOND TO FAITH AND FAMILY
I loved watching Don Mattingly play baseball. A flawless fielder and an imposing figure in the batter’s box: powerful sloping shoulders, intense concentration…
Captain Ted Williams Recalled to Active Duty, January 9, 1952
“If there was ever a man born to be a hitter it was me”…
Tommy Lasorda, RIP
“I bleed Dodger Blue…and when I die I’m going to the Big Dodger in the sky!” –Tommy Lasorda…
Fun With Old Baseball Ads, Part Two
As promised, here’s Part Two of my feature on “Old Baseball Ads.” We had a lot of fun with Part One, with some of the readers sending me ads that they found themselves….
Another Edition of “From the Lighter Side!” Fun With Old Baseball Ads, Part One
“You shoeless sonofagun you!” –A fan yelling at 20-year old Greenville Spinner outfielder, Joseph Jackson, who was playing that day in his stocking feet…
Stan Musial’s 1951 Salary Increase Blocked by Government
As we bid the year 2020 Adieu (and good riddance), we probably will look back on this year from a historical baseball perspective and marvel at all the changes that occurred this past season.