by Ron Sokol | Jul 3, 2020 | Beautiful baseball, Dodgers
I want to say to the little boy in the image above — it’s almost here. In the meantime…. A life well lived by this gentleman! The little boy who becomes the man who becomes an icon.
by Ron Sokol | May 26, 2020 | Beautiful baseball, Dodgers
Memorial Day weekend winds down and we look toward a work week. Was thinking about Dodge Stadium, among other ball parks. Just had this image of their shimmering. Man it would be so great to have the keys to the kingdom. Some day… be patient my son. They say...
by Ron Sokol | Jul 24, 2019 | Beautiful baseball, Dodgers
I have not had any “work” done. Oh, I could sure use it, but hey, time does what it does. Over the next year, or thereabouts, the ballpark in Los Angeles where the Dodgers play (the Doyers some would say) is getting a $100 million face lift. I cut and...
by Ron Sokol | Jul 21, 2019 | Beautiful baseball, Dodgers
Do you believe in magic? That’s a wonderful song from, oh, a few years back, but it is about magic “in a young girl’s heart…” This is a bit different. First, you may not have heard of Matt Beaty, or not heard much. He is 26, just up...
by Ron Sokol | Dec 22, 2018 | Baseball History, Dodgers
If your kid grows up to be a major league pitcher, you will not (I repeat NOT) name him Homer… Except, well, the Los Angeles Dodgers just traded some of their stalwarts, Yasiel Puig, Matt Kemp, and Alex Wood, for Homer Bailey of the Cincinnati Reds, among...
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...