by Ron Sokol | Dec 31, 2018 | Analysis, Beautiful baseball, Inspiration
Have you made any baseball resolutions for the new year? I have a few, which are influenced by a quotation that you probably have heard before, maybe even said, but somehow one that I managed not to have known about it until now. To play in the big leagues, you have...
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...
by Ron Sokol | Nov 21, 2018 | Baseball History, Beautiful baseball, Inspiration, Uncategorized
This from Wikipedia: Prayers of thanks and special thanksgiving ceremonies are common among almost all religions after harvests and at other times. The Thanksgiving holiday’s history in North America is rooted in English traditions dating from the Protestant...
by Ron Sokol | Nov 10, 2018 | Beautiful baseball, Uncategorized, Videos
Do you remember Candid Camera, the fun tv show, with short films of folks in funny situations? With all the cameras nowadays, including on our phones, it’s no wonder there are videos, pictures, instagram images, in such great abundance. Sometimes we capture...
by Ron Sokol | Nov 4, 2018 | Baseball History, Beautiful baseball, Columns, Eternal Baseball, Uncategorized
“Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light.” So said the poet Dylan Thomas. Well ok. There’s also: “You know the night time, is the right time to be with the...
by Ron Sokol | Oct 27, 2018 | Beautiful baseball, Poems, Uncategorized
Just a damn game come on! A ball pitcher a hitter catcher come on get real it ain’t life it ain’t death it don’t add up too much Fans come and go cheer boo eat exhort despair it’s all silly It don’t add up too much History is made you...
