DID YOU EVER IMAGINE THIS?

by | Mar 20, 2020 | Beautiful baseball

Baseball fans have any number of reasons for liking the game. For me, the crowd, being there. It drowns out the rest of the world. Feels safe. It’s fun (well if the team isn’t screwing up too much). The food. The tradition. Baseball fans are part of an...

WHY A FAVORITE PLAYER?

by | Mar 14, 2020 | Beautiful baseball

Young, or not so young, we often have a favorite player. Years ago my favorite player was a catcher on the Dodgers, Johnny Roseboro. He is probably most famous for getting hit on the head by a baseball bat in the hands of then-Giants pitcher Juan Marichal. I actually...

KER PLUNKITY

by | Feb 29, 2020 | Beanballs

Fighting.  Fighting for justice, ok.  Fighting in self defense, ok.  Fighting for the sake of fighting… sucks. Quite a few Astro players have been plunked already in spring training.  The majority of folks I have talked with, to date, are not troubled by it and...

I STILL BELIEVE

by | Feb 23, 2020 | Beautiful baseball

I have read stats about the number of trash can sounds in any given Houston Astros’ game in 2017.  Read data that at least suggests their sign stealing played a major role in a lot of games.  Read how fans and players alike are howling about what went down,...