by Ron Sokol | Apr 20, 2018 | Baseball History, Contest, Fans, MLB, Nicknames
1. What was Yogi Berra’s real name? 2. Harry Arthur Lavegetto is better known as? 3. Who is reported to be the tallest major league baseball player of all time? 4. Who umpired more major league games than anyone else? 5. For 2018 which is the highest salaried...
by Ron Sokol | Apr 17, 2018 | Baseball History, Beautiful baseball, Columns, Eternal Baseball, Immigrants, MLB
Possibly the most revered baseball historian of all time, Harold Seymour, stated very clearly: “To ascertain who invented baseball would be equivalent to trying to locate the discoverer of fire.” Still, there is curiosity and the desire to know. We all...
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...
by Ron Sokol | Apr 3, 2018 | Baseball History, Columns, Fans, MLB, Umpires
A few years ago, ok quite a long time ago, our son’s baseball team was in the play-offs. It was a big deal locally. We were one run down with two outs, the last inning, and our son up on deck just feeling his oats. The hitter before him topped a soft ground...
by Ron Sokol | Apr 2, 2018 | Beautiful baseball, Dodgers, Easter Images, Fans, MLB, Photos
Gotta love the ground crew (no foolin, although it was April’s fools day). The sky rounded the bases gradually into night. Quite a big crowd, wow – all ready to cheer and hoot and hollar! But when it came down to it, the most important person was this...
by Ron Sokol | Mar 30, 2018 | Baseball History, Beautiful baseball, Dodgers, Fans, MLB, Photos
Anticipation, excitement, gladness. This team that fell just one game short last year, is back, largely intact. So much in the air, and wonderful weather. Kirk Gibson, whose remarkable, historic, hollywood-story home run in 1988, throws out the first ball. We see...
