by Ron Sokol | Jun 29, 2019 | Beautiful baseball
If you’re a bit like me, it aggravates you no end if the manager takes the pitcher out, puts in a reliever, who then blows the game all together. Or, there are runners on first and third, one out, the hitter just needs a sacrifice fly, or even a soft grounder,...
by Ron Sokol | Jun 26, 2019 | Humor
Baseball has a lot in common with wine. Baseball and wine are like crackers and cheese — very simpatico. For example, you go to a wine tasting, and you choose from a variety offered. A number of different types of wines are evaluated. Each has some...
by Ron Sokol | Jun 23, 2019 | Uncategorized
Stamina – the ability to endure, to keep going, to get a second maybe even a third wind. Nolan Ryan once threw 235 pitches in a game for the then-California Angels. It was not all that long ago, 1974. That was early in his career, and he went on to pitch for 27...
by Ron Sokol | Jun 19, 2019 | Humor
Baseball has so many uniquenesses. Here are just a few in case you’re at the ball park, or watching on the telly, or at a cocktail party and want to impress or at least amuse with your vast array of knowledge: Virgil “Fire” Trucks pitched in 1952...
by Ron Sokol | Jun 15, 2019 | Eternal Baseball
In our judicial system, for a civil claim, you have a burden of proof to demonstrate the case by a preponderance of the evidence. This means “more likely than not”, or roughly 51/49 in your favor. In many states 9 out of 12 jurors is satisfactory for you...