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 12, 2018 | Baseball History, Columns, Humor, Uncategorized
“Sign, sign, everywhere a sign Blockin’ out the scenery, breakin’ my mind Do this, don’t do that, can’t you read the sign?” So said The 5 man Electrical Band. And, all this time you thought baseball was scenic, quietly purring...
by Ron Sokol | Dec 4, 2018 | Baseball History, Columns, Dodgers, Insight, Inspiration, Uncategorized
Darkness at the break of noon Shadows even the silver spoon The handmade blade, the child’s balloon Eclipses both the sun and moon To understand you know too soon There is no sense in trying – Bob Dylan On that cheerful note, there is also a...
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 23, 2018 | Analysis, Baseball History, Columns, Humor, Insight, Nicknames, Pitchers
It troubles me that K is the nickname of the primary character in the famous Kafka novel The Trial. Kind of creepy, that one. And, for the record: K (pronounced “kay”) is the 11th letter of the current English alphabet. It may interest you to know that...
by Ron Sokol | Oct 20, 2018 | Analysis, Columns, Fun, Insight, MLB, Silly
Make love not war. But, what if they gave a war, and nobody came? Ok, this not the WAR of military combat, but the WAR that is referred to in baseball. I’ve studied this thing. I really have concentrated. I burned the midnight oil…read and re-read and...
