by Ron Sokol | Jul 20, 2018 | Baseball History, Beautiful baseball, Classical music, Eternal Baseball, Fans, Poems
Do you take this player for hit less or home run running error or safe slide til nine innings (and even extra innings) do you part? I do Excuse me? Oh sorry… Play ball! That’s better… And now, do you promise to support cheer, not razz, nor give up...
by Ron Sokol | Jul 5, 2018 | Beautiful baseball, Eternal Baseball, Fans, MLB, Photos, Poems
Well, have you heard about Max Muncy? Didn’t do so well with the Oakland Athletics. Not quite a spring chicken… Dodger management saw something, and with injuries taking out players right and left, they brought Max up from the minors earlier this season...
by Ron Sokol | Jul 3, 2018 | Baseball History, Beautiful baseball, Eternal Baseball, Fans, MLB, Poems
If there were a baseball prayer – not those that already exist mind you, but a new one, how would it go? What would you say? First, would the prayer be to God? If so, is God dressed in an Umpire’s outfit? Would both hands have to be wearing baseball...
by Ron Sokol | May 28, 2018 | Babe Ruth, Baseball History, Beautiful baseball, Eternal Baseball, Fans, MLB, Nicknames, Poems, Superstitions
One name alone is some times enough to conjure up an image: Kobe, Lebron, Arnie, Martina, Oprah, Raquel. Human or otherwise. Think Lassie, Secretariat, Jaws… There are stories, myths, legends, moments frozen in time that have meant so much to so many, for such a long...
by Ron Sokol | Mar 18, 2018 | Baseball History, Beautiful baseball, Eternal Baseball, Fans, MLB, Poems
When you were born I promised to hit a home run and make you proud have you stand up and cheer and applaud as I did you When you started to grow I showed you how to pitch catch field slug that ball a mile a country mile And you were incredibly polite but you knew you...
