SO STRONG YET BROKEN

Awhile back I wrote an article here about Lou Gehrig entitled The Irony of the Iron Horse. The man who played in more consecutive games than anyone has a disease named after him that gradually dismantles and removes people from earth (in physical form anyway). Bill...

WHAT A RASCAL

Did you say he flipped you off?  You didn’t say that!  Well this link speaks for itself… https://www.mlb.com/cut4/clayton-kershaw-s-son-bat-flips-against-him

WHO?

The incomparable Abbot and Costello routine starts with Who…. he’s on first. “Who are you? Who who, who who….”  The Who, the rock group, asked that very question in one of their well known songs. Baseball in fact is a Who’s Who. ...

NAME THAT IMAGE

Would call this one: Never Gets Old.  Cody Bellinger signing autographs for some future major leaguers. A while ago… early days of televising baseball. Even the image is black and white.  Call this one:  No lights, one camera, action! Confucius got nothin on...

IT’S JUST A GAME, RIGHT?

It’s just baseball.  A game.  Not life or death, by any means. Why then does it bring tears, at times? Just last year a possibly washed up major league player, who was sitting at home thinking his career may be done, was still being pushed by his dad to keep at...