by Ron Sokol | Apr 17, 2018 | Baseball History, Beautiful baseball, Columns, Eternal Baseball, Immigrants, MLB
Possibly the most revered baseball historian of all time, Harold Seymour, stated very clearly: “To ascertain who invented baseball would be equivalent to trying to locate the discoverer of fire.” Still, there is curiosity and the desire to know. We all...
by Ron Sokol | Apr 10, 2018 | Babe Ruth, Baseball History, Beautiful baseball, Columns, Eternal Baseball, Fans, Hot dogs, Immigrants, Jose Altuve, Lou Gehrig, MLB, Nicknames, Photos
Can I pull you aside, for just a tiny bit? Would you sit on the bench and let me, please, if you would, share something with you? It may well be that you agree. Here goes: I think baseball is beautiful. When you go to the park, it is a kind of worship. There is...
by Ron Sokol | Apr 3, 2018 | Baseball History, Columns, Fans, MLB, Umpires
A few years ago, ok quite a long time ago, our son’s baseball team was in the play-offs. It was a big deal locally. We were one run down with two outs, the last inning, and our son up on deck just feeling his oats. The hitter before him topped a soft ground...
by Ron Sokol | Mar 30, 2018 | Baseball History, Beautiful baseball, Dodgers, Fans, MLB, Photos
Anticipation, excitement, gladness. This team that fell just one game short last year, is back, largely intact. So much in the air, and wonderful weather. Kirk Gibson, whose remarkable, historic, hollywood-story home run in 1988, throws out the first ball. We see...
by Ron Sokol | Mar 27, 2018 | Baseball History, Columns, MLB
Whoever came up with the Batman super hero, complete with cape, probably was not a baseball fan. Batman should be just that — a man and a bat. He doesn’t dwell in a cave. He comes up from the dug out, swings a time or two, pivots his neck from side to...
by Ron Sokol | Mar 25, 2018 | Baseball History, Beautiful baseball, Classical music, Columns, Superstitions
Someone said you know the season is about to begin and there’s a baseball spirit who sets the table who spruces the whole place up and puts the bats there the balls the mitts the uniforms chalks the lines just right gets the umps focused and keen and who opens...
