by Ron Sokol | Dec 11, 2019 | Beautiful baseball, Eternal Baseball
This is from a wonderful web site entitled Science of Baseball: “A major league pitcher can throw a baseball up to 95 miles per hour — some can move it even faster. At this speed, it takes about four tenths of a second for the ball to travel the 60 feet, 6...
by Ron Sokol | Dec 2, 2019 | Baseball History, Beautiful baseball
1946 Jackie Robinson – George Shuba handshake to be memorialized by Ohio statue YOUNGTOWN, Ohio — A larger-than-life statue commemorating the inspiring 1946 handshake of Jackie Robinson, the first African-American Major League Baseball player, and George...
by Ron Sokol | Nov 28, 2019 | Beautiful baseball
Ok, to be sure there are more important things to be thankful for than a ball game, but it’s gotta be in the top ten. Gotta!
by Ron Sokol | Nov 23, 2019 | Beautiful baseball, Eternal Baseball
Can I talk to you a little bit? Have not seen all that many people for awhile. Don’t worry I am not going to bite! Sometimes the off season gets me more than other times. For a bunch of months you have a lot going on. Folks coming in. People hocking things....
by Ron Sokol | Nov 9, 2019 | Babe Ruth
There is a wonderful group on line, Vintage Baseball Photos, aptly enough. This photo below was posted with a note that Babe Ruth’s fans, and the fans he enjoyed, were very diverse and no hint of discrimination at all. Another reason to like Babe, a lot. But,...
