by Ron Sokol | Sep 20, 2019 | Beautiful baseball, Humor
“What’s your name? I have seen you before What’s your name? May I walk you to your door? It’s so hard to find a personality with charms like yours for me What’s your name?” — Don and Juan (oldie but a goodie) Name brands,...
by Ron Sokol | Sep 11, 2019 | Beautiful baseball, Dreams
Born in Kansas City, Dan Clemens’s family moved early on to Denver, Colorado. By happenstance they were able to pick up a radio station out of Lexington, Nebraska, and listen to the Kansas City Royals games. Granted the radio connection faded in and out due to the...
by Ron Sokol | Sep 7, 2019 | Baseball History, Beautiful baseball, Eternal Baseball
The Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants are historical rivals. There is a level of actual enmity between the two. After all, one team is from Northern California, you know, wine country, the beautiful City by by the Bay, stunning cliffs along the ocean,...
by Ron Sokol | Aug 31, 2019 | Baseball History, Beautiful baseball
Let me take your down cuz I’m going to… Wrigley Field…. Everything is real, and baseball to get up about. Wrigley Field for ever… Yes, I paraphrased a famous song, but it is so hard to know all what to say about Wrigley Field. At the end of...
by Ron Sokol | Aug 24, 2019 | Beautiful baseball, Eternal Baseball, Inspiration
He’s not classically good looking. He isn’t exactly charismatic. He is kind of built like a gnome (no offense to him or gnomes). I mean, his nick name is Funky. He came up to the majors in 2015 with the Oakland Athletics, and in 45 games hit all of...
by Ron Sokol | Aug 21, 2019 | Baseball History, Beautiful baseball
“War, good God, what is it good for? Absolutely nuthin! Say it again…” Now, that’s a well-known song from awhile ago. Given all the complaints I am hearing and reading, and the analyses, that very refrain could apply to the great (or once)...
