by Ron Sokol | Oct 17, 2020 | Poems
A fan is entitled to be a little fickle But when the bases are loaded with no outs to then feel a nervous tickle To pray and to say “Please please win today!” To boo and to hiss when the umpires miss To exhort your great team through thick and through thin...
by Ron Sokol | Oct 10, 2020 | Beautiful baseball
One of the great qualities of baseball is that it really does not focus on names, colors, creeds, or political views. Baseball at its best is tolerant and utterly non discriminatory. It is about agility, and character. Grace and determination. Not many, if any, name...
by Ron Sokol | Oct 8, 2020 | Beautiful baseball
No crowds… playing in a bubble… shortened season, but you still get this. In the thick of a post season game, Codi Bellinger steals a home run from Fernando Tatis Jr… and probably saves the win. He had to circle back, he had to time it just right....
by Ron Sokol | Sep 24, 2020 | Women
Betty Bushman (1931 – 2020), pioneering baseball...
by Ron Sokol | Sep 20, 2020 | Beautiful baseball
Markus Lynn Betts – yes, the initials are MLB. We know him as Mookie. The fact that nickname was based on his mom’s sister’s name Cookie, notwithstanding. The Boston Red Sox parted with Mookie, the Dodgers are the team he is with, they have signed...
