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ETERNAL BASEBALL

by Ron Sokol | Jul 24, 2018 | Babe Ruth, Baseball History, Beautiful baseball, Columns, Eternal Baseball, Fans, Immigrants, Lou Gehrig, MLB, Tommy Lasorda

“Is there baseball in heaven?” he asks. She replies, demurely, “I ain’t goin’ otherwise!” Fans are often referred to as “the faithful”.  Many consider their ballpark of choice to be a Cathedral, Temple, or similar place...

BASEBALL IN HEAVEN

by Ron Sokol | Jun 17, 2018 | Babe Ruth, Baseball History, Beautiful baseball, Classical music, Columns, Eternal Baseball, Fans, Lou Gehrig, MLB

Two old men had been best friends for years, and they both live to their early 90’s, when one of them suddenly falls deathly ill. His friend comes to visit him on his deathbed, and they’re reminiscing about their long friendship. The friend says, “Listen, when you...

THE IRONY OF THE IRON HORSE

by Ron Sokol | May 22, 2018 | Babe Ruth, Baseball History, Beautiful baseball, Columns, Eternal Baseball, Fans, Lou Gehrig, MLB, Nicknames, Yankees

Why do you think they moved his locker to the Hall of Fame?  I mean, a locker?  Isn’t that a set-up for a one-liner? Irony is defined in Wikipedia as “the expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous...

BASEBALL, THE GREAT SOJOURN

by Ron Sokol | Apr 24, 2018 | Babe Ruth, Baseball History, Columns, Eternal Baseball, Fans, Hot dogs, Immigrants, Lou Gehrig, MLB

Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!  Babe Ruth’s parents were German immigrants.  Joe Dimaggio...

BEAUTIFUL BASEBALL

by Ron Sokol | Apr 10, 2018 | Babe Ruth, Baseball History, Beautiful baseball, Columns, Eternal Baseball, Fans, Hot dogs, Immigrants, Jose Altuve, Lou Gehrig, MLB, Nicknames, Photos

Can I pull you aside, for just a tiny bit?  Would you sit on the bench and let me, please, if you would, share something with you?  It may well be that you agree. Here goes:  I think baseball is beautiful.  When you go to the park, it is a kind of worship.  There is...

PINSTRIPES AND YANKEES

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....

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