by Ron Sokol | Jan 9, 2019 | Baseball History, Baseballs
We know baseball is quirky. Superstitions. Rituals. Hand signals. But to this day there’s a certain kind of mud rubbed on the baseballs used in major league games? And no one is to know the location of where the mud can be found? The only thing that seems a...
by Ron Sokol | Jan 5, 2019 | Analysis, Baseball History, Columns, Uncategorized
Field manager. Not General Manager. The one in the dug out, who saunters onto the field at times. Does things behind the scenes. Figures out who is playing, and at what position, and who pitches to whom and for how long. Walks the line-up card to the Umps, most of...
by Ron Sokol | Dec 26, 2018 | Baseball History, Humor, Uncategorized
Hello there. You know a fair amount about baseball. Well, this column, as a public service to those who don’t care if curiosity maimed the cat, presents a bunch of far out baseball circumstances that might convince you to go back and make sure you touched each...
by Ron Sokol | Dec 22, 2018 | Baseball History, Dodgers
If your kid grows up to be a major league pitcher, you will not (I repeat NOT) name him Homer… Except, well, the Los Angeles Dodgers just traded some of their stalwarts, Yasiel Puig, Matt Kemp, and Alex Wood, for Homer Bailey of the Cincinnati Reds, among...
by Ron Sokol | Dec 19, 2018 | Baseball History, Baseballs, Columns, Insight, Uncategorized
If I named my son Homer, it would not be after the Greek writer. It would be in honor of baseball. After all, I do not want to call him “Round Tripper”… or for that matter, “Dinger”. Homers are good. A ball so well struck it leaves the...
by Ron Sokol | Dec 15, 2018 | Baseball History, Beautiful baseball, Inspiration, Uncategorized
Every now and then, but more often of late than I remember before, folks doubt the importance of baseball, or the role it plays in our lives, or any number of skepticisms arise. Perhaps in part because it is the holidays, or simply because this video is some damn...
