“He can hit. He can run. He can field…If he could cook, I’d marry him!” -Leo Durocher, speaking of Willie Mays…
“The Thrill of Victory and the Agony of Defeat,” World Series Style: Part III
Today in Part III of this series, I’ll do away with the “Defeat” and just concentrate on the “Thrill.”…
1939 East-West Negro League All-Star game!
Every so often, I like to repost this great photo from the 1939 Negro League East-West All-Star game…
Happy Fathers’ Day!
“It was at St. Mary’s that I met and learned to love the greatest man I’ve ever known…He was the father I needed”…
Baseball’s Version of “The Thrill of Victory…and The Agony of Defeat!” Part Two
Here’s the “flipside” to one of the most memorable days in baseball history: Bobby Thomson’s “Shot Heard Round the World” at the Polo Grounds in 1951…
The Thrill of Victory…and the Agony of Defeat, Part One
There’s nothing better in the great game of baseball than being a World Series hero – even if it’s only for a day!…
New Blog Topic: Just What Is It About This Game We All Love?
I thought I’d offer you something just a little bit different today. I’ll take off my “baseball history cap” for a moment and put on my “reflections cap.”…
New Blog Topic: YET ANOTHER CHEATING SCANDAL
Here we go again. Baseball has been hit with another scandal, undoubtedly the biggest since the so-called Steroid Era…
From the Lighter Side! Pepper Martin and his “Mudcat Band”
“Pepper Martin’s performance in the 1931 World Series was the greatest individual performance in the history of the World Series.” –John McGraw…
New Blog Topic: BASEBALL’S INJURY EPIDEMIC
Unlike many of today’s players, yesterday’s sluggers, including Ted Williams, were not musclebound. But they still did pretty well…
New Blog Topic: RANDOM MUSINGS OF A LIFE-LONG GIANTS FAN
Today, lifelong Giants fan Bill Schaefer shares with us some random thoughts and humorous stories he’s picked up over the years from observing at close hand the great game we all love…
NEW BLOG TOPIC: My Review of “Arky, The Baseball Life of Joseph Floyd ‘Arky’ Vaughan”
I recently finished the outstanding biography of Arky Vaughan written by our reader, Frank Garland. I really enjoyed the book and wrote a review…
NOBODY’S PERFECT: The Story Behind Baseball’s First Perfect Game
These last few baseball seasons have been puzzling to long time baseball fans who have been barraged by analytical terms such as launch angles, exit velocities…