by Ron Sokol | Oct 29, 2018 | Uncategorized
Extinction is a reality. It signifies the end of a creature. The last of that thing…. The sea mink, the passenger pigeon. Once so prevalent. Now, no longer. Kaput. No longer found on the planet earth. Of course there is an Endangered Species Act in the...
by Ron Sokol | Oct 27, 2018 | Beautiful baseball, Poems, Uncategorized
Just a damn game come on! A ball pitcher a hitter catcher come on get real it ain’t life it ain’t death it don’t add up too much Fans come and go cheer boo eat exhort despair it’s all silly It don’t add up too much History is made you...
by Ron Sokol | Oct 23, 2018 | Analysis, Baseball History, Columns, Humor, Insight, Nicknames, Pitchers
It troubles me that K is the nickname of the primary character in the famous Kafka novel The Trial. Kind of creepy, that one. And, for the record: K (pronounced “kay”) is the 11th letter of the current English alphabet. It may interest you to know that...
by Ron Sokol | Oct 20, 2018 | Analysis, Columns, Fun, Insight, MLB, Silly
Make love not war. But, what if they gave a war, and nobody came? Ok, this not the WAR of military combat, but the WAR that is referred to in baseball. I’ve studied this thing. I really have concentrated. I burned the midnight oil…read and re-read and...
by Ron Sokol | Oct 16, 2018 | Columns, Fans, Insight, Inspiration
Forlorn: Pitifully sad and abandoned or lonely. “forlorn figures at bus stops” Woebegon; doleful. The definition of forlorn includes figures at bus stops? Woebegone? That sounds like the trade name for an anti-depressant. Well, have you seen how...