by Ron Sokol | Mar 30, 2019 | Baseball History, Humor, Quiz
There’s a gentleman named George Will. He is a conservative thinker, commentator, prognosticator, author, as well as a big time baseball fan. Each year for a number of years he has a quiz that is presented with Opening Day. Here it is for 2019. Good luck!...
by Ron Sokol | Mar 27, 2019 | Baseball History, Beautiful baseball, Humor, Pitchers, Uncategorized
The games lasts 3 hours, at least. Four balls. Four balls until you walk. Not run… walk. Guys come in from the bull pen, so let’s all pause. And, it takes three strikes to get rid of a batter. In the mean time how many foul balls will he hit before he...
by Ron Sokol | Mar 23, 2019 | Beautiful baseball, Columns, Eternal Baseball, Family, Immigrants, Uncategorized
Hi, this is Khayyir. I am 10. You are my favorite player. I went to a game and you hit two home runs and made a really good catch in the outfield. My dad, and my mom, like you too. They always say “Mike Trout is a good man, that is a good man…”...
by Ron Sokol | Mar 20, 2019 | Fun, Humor, Uncategorized
With the season on the horizon, some of us have donned boxing gloves (ok, not really, baseball mitts), but we’re ready. We are REDDDDDDD DEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!! Just in case anyone asks what’s such a big deal about baseball, that slow, yawner, boring game...
by Ron Sokol | Mar 16, 2019 | Poems
Dad took me to baseball games slapped my knee when something good happened played catch with me after sometimes at night under the moon On those rare occasions when he was not working he talked to me about baseball players some he really admired Had all sorts of very...