by Ron Sokol | Jun 12, 2019 | Baseball History, Uncategorized
So there’s a famous book “You Can’t Go Home Again”, written by Thomas Wolfe but published after his death. Maybe that explains the title. The Beatles sang a very touching song “Two of Us”, which originally was called “On Our...
by Ron Sokol | May 29, 2019 | Analysis, Baseball History, Columns
Awhile back I wrote an article here about Lou Gehrig entitled The Irony of the Iron Horse. The man who played in more consecutive games than anyone has a disease named after him that gradually dismantles and removes people from earth (in physical form anyway). Bill...
by Ron Sokol | May 25, 2019 | Baseball History
The incomparable Abbot and Costello routine starts with Who…. he’s on first. “Who are you? Who who, who who….” The Who, the rock group, asked that very question in one of their well known songs. Baseball in fact is a Who’s Who. ...
by Ron Sokol | Apr 27, 2019 | Baseball History, Beautiful baseball, Fans, Humor, Insight, Silly
“He was so inspired” “How inspired was he?” “He was so inspired he created the sun, the moon, the planets, the stars, oceans, plants, air, music, space, colors, animals, humans, insects, fish, rocks, mountains, prairies, ice, the...
by Ron Sokol | Apr 24, 2019 | Analysis, Baseball History, Columns, Fun, Humor, Insight, Uncategorized
“CELEBRATE GOOD TIMES… COME ON!” — Kool & the Gang When something goes well in the ball game, we might high five, fist pump, jump up, hug, yelp with delight, do a dance, I mean, there are a lot of options. But, wait a second… the bat...
by Ron Sokol | Apr 12, 2019 | Baseball History, Beautiful baseball, Columns
Serendipity is defined as an unplanned, fortunate discovery. You see, we were in Tennessee. Some of the folks in our group are history buffs, which meant a longish-stop-over at the home of our seventh President, Andrew Jackson (aka “ol’ Hickory”)....
