by Ron Sokol | Aug 7, 2019 | Bats, Humor, Insight
Ty Cobb wrote a pamphlet entitled “Science of Batting”, published by no less than the Louisville Slugger Company (Hillerich & Bradsby Co., Inc., to be exact). It has topics that range from the bat grip, to the body position and stance, to the...
by Ron Sokol | Jul 14, 2018 | Babe Ruth, Baseball History, Bats, Fans, MLB, Videos
I don’t think they quite have tape measures this...
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 | May 2, 2018 | Baseball History, Bats, Columns, Eternal Baseball, Fans, MLB
Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous strike outs. Or to take bat against a ball … Is sicklied o’er with the pale cast of thought. And enterprise of great pitch and moment. With this regard their currents turn...