by Ron Sokol | Jun 29, 2019 | Beautiful baseball
If you’re a bit like me, it aggravates you no end if the manager takes the pitcher out, puts in a reliever, who then blows the game all together. Or, there are runners on first and third, one out, the hitter just needs a sacrifice fly, or even a soft grounder,...
by Ron Sokol | May 18, 2019 | Beautiful baseball
It’s just baseball. A game. Not life or death, by any means. Why then does it bring tears, at times? Just last year a possibly washed up major league player, who was sitting at home thinking his career may be done, was still being pushed by his dad to keep at...
by Ron Sokol | May 4, 2019 | Beautiful baseball
“No offense, but that’s more syrup than I put on my waffle this morning…” That remark is one of my favorite comments about a column that posted on this web site. I am sappy. I don’t want to be sappy, but it rhymes with happy, so I guess...
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 18, 2019 | Beautiful baseball, Columns, Eternal Baseball, Uncategorized
Do you have a place you go, or hang out, where you “take five”? I would guess most who go to a baseball game, sit in their seats, browse around a bit, get food, go to the restroom, stretch, but largely stay put, right? That works, but at times I find...
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”)....
