by Ron Sokol | Sep 14, 2018 | Baseball History, Fans, Videos
Ah, the ceremonial first pitch; one of the baseball’s rituals… The ball originally was thrown from the grandstand, but that changed after President Reagan threw the first pitch from the field. Often today the pitch is done from in front of the...
by Ron Sokol | Sep 14, 2018 | Analysis, Baseball History, Columns, Women
“Strength and dignity are her clothing, and she laughs at the time to come.” – Proverbs 31:25 Several million watched “The Pitch”, a television show about the first woman to play for a major league team. In fact, this is recent, 2016, ...
by Ron Sokol | Sep 11, 2018 | Analysis, Baseball History, Columns, Humor, Insight, Pitchers, Speed gun
“Your mind might think it’s flying, baby On those little pills But you ought to know it’s dying, ’cause Speed kills” – Amphetamine Annie, Canned Heat Let’s face it: We want speed with our internet connection. Of course, we...
by Ron Sokol | Sep 11, 2018 | Humor, Pitchers, Videos
The Big Unit, Randy Johnson, a Hall of Famer. Stats tell the tale: 10× All-Star (1990, 1993–1995, 1997, 1999–2002, 2004) World Series champion (2001) 5× Cy Young Award (1995, 1999–2002) World Series MVP (2001) Triple Crown (2002) MLB wins leader (2002) 4× ERA leader...
by Ron Sokol | Aug 31, 2018 | Baseball History, Baseballs, Columns, Eternal Baseball, Pitchers
The philosopher Thomas Hobbes said life outside society would be “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short”. He was not, I repeat, not speaking about the life of a major league baseball, although an argument could be made he was thinking outside the box,...
