by Ron Sokol | Aug 1, 2020 | Eternal Baseball
Baseball at its best is not about divisiveness. Everyone can be a baseball fan, right? Sure we have our grudges — our team against those other creeps — sure we want the managed canned at any given time, or the Ump to at least be given a major ear full....
by Ron Sokol | Dec 11, 2019 | Beautiful baseball, Eternal Baseball
This is from a wonderful web site entitled Science of Baseball: “A major league pitcher can throw a baseball up to 95 miles per hour — some can move it even faster. At this speed, it takes about four tenths of a second for the ball to travel the 60 feet, 6...
by Ron Sokol | Nov 23, 2019 | Beautiful baseball, Eternal Baseball
Can I talk to you a little bit? Have not seen all that many people for awhile. Don’t worry I am not going to bite! Sometimes the off season gets me more than other times. For a bunch of months you have a lot going on. Folks coming in. People hocking things....
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 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 15, 2019 | Beautiful baseball, Eternal Baseball, Insight
The Rolling Stones have a rather well known song, that has been popular for many years: “I Can’t Get No Satisfaction”. Here is a a particular refrain: “When I’m ridin’ round the world And I’m doin’ this and I’m...