by Ron Sokol | Jun 12, 2018 | Babe Ruth, Baseball History, Bats, Columns, Fans
At some point, primordial creatures dragging large clubs with them for protection and for the hunt, became less stooped over. Gradually they became a little less coarse. In time they found ways to amuse themselves, such as by throwing a stone in the air and whacking...
by Ron Sokol | Jun 9, 2018 | Baseball History, Dodgers, Fans, Photos, Pitchers
EVERY NIGHT I THANK GOD FOR THE THINGS THAT MATTER FAMILY FRIENDS AND...
by Ron Sokol | Jun 1, 2018 | Baseball History, Beautiful baseball, Fans, MLB, Pete Rose, Photos
The things you hear at the ball park. Overheard a gentleman explaining to a young woman from overseas, who was there watching her first game. She was fascinated by the fans dancing and shouting in joy, but just a short time later forcefully booing and shaking their...
by Ron Sokol | May 28, 2018 | Babe Ruth, Baseball History, Beautiful baseball, Eternal Baseball, Fans, MLB, Nicknames, Poems, Superstitions
One name alone is some times enough to conjure up an image: Kobe, Lebron, Arnie, Martina, Oprah, Raquel. Human or otherwise. Think Lassie, Secretariat, Jaws… There are stories, myths, legends, moments frozen in time that have meant so much to so many, for such a long...
by Ron Sokol | May 22, 2018 | Babe Ruth, Baseball History, Beautiful baseball, Columns, Eternal Baseball, Fans, Lou Gehrig, MLB, Nicknames, Yankees
Why do you think they moved his locker to the Hall of Fame? I mean, a locker? Isn’t that a set-up for a one-liner? Irony is defined in Wikipedia as “the expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous...
by Ron Sokol | May 20, 2018 | Baseball History, MLB, Photos, Superstitions
First, you may have thought “Not tonight dear, I have a headache…” is something among couples, but the head ache has a history in baseball that led to players never wanting to be “Wally Pipped”. You see, back in 1925, Wally was the...
