by Ron Sokol | Mar 25, 2018 | Baseball History, Beautiful baseball, Classical music, Columns, Superstitions
Someone said you know the season is about to begin and there’s a baseball spirit who sets the table who spruces the whole place up and puts the bats there the balls the mitts the uniforms chalks the lines just right gets the umps focused and keen and who opens...
by Ron Sokol | Mar 20, 2018 | Babe Ruth, Baseball History, Beautiful baseball, Columns, Fans, Immigrants, Lou Gehrig, MLB, Yankees
A Yankee is someone who lives in the United States, or is from the U.S., and particularly an inhabitant of New England or one of the northern states. Well that’s what it says…. Yankee Doodle Dandy is a musical film from the early 1940s about George M....
by Ron Sokol | Mar 14, 2018 | Baseball History, Bobbleheads, Columns, Eternal Baseball, MLB
And now a quote concerning the all important history of the bobblehead: “Bobblehead is a collectable doll… which has a characteristically oversized head that is connected to the body with a spring or wire and when the head is lightly tapped it would...
by Ron Sokol | Mar 7, 2018 | Baseball History, Columns, Fans, MLB, Pete Rose
IT’S TIME I could swear I heard this somewhere: “To err is human to forgive, divine…” I could swear I’ve heard that! But, if we are going to get particularly solemn, here is a quote from 1 John 1:9: “If we confess our sins, he is...
by Ron Sokol | Feb 28, 2018 | Baseball History, Beautiful baseball, Columns, Fans, MLB
“High fly ball…. She’s a way out there…. she’s gonnnnnnne!” Well, not literally. Chances are someone has that unique souvenier: The ball. A part of the actual game, being played right then and there by the major league players. ...
by Ron Sokol | Feb 21, 2018 | Baseball History, Beautiful baseball, Christy Wallace, Columns, Dodgers, Fans, MLB
“Hey, what’s with that picture you sent? I wasn’t hibernating. I didn’t just slumber. Nor did I crawl into a cave, sleep, and live off my fat… Did you?” “No way! I spent plenty of time getting into really good shape. I...
