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Ron Sokol, longtime columnist, author, and baseball aficionado, tries to keep the hits coming every week. Follow Ron on Twitter at @kindredblue1.
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SOME VINTAGE VIN SCULLY, THE LYRICAL POET OF BASEBALL
KINDRED BLUE RECENT BLOGS
SANDY AND A MOTTO
EVERY NIGHT I THANK GOD FOR THE THINGS THAT MATTER FAMILY FRIENDS AND BASEBALL
WAY FUNNY
Start em young - yep. Click the link below - Sound on! https://www.facebook.com/coachlisle/videos/6019008668160793/UzpfSTEyODIyNzU5ODk6MTAyMTcwMzQ0ODgzOTYwMzI/
SIZE MATTERS? YEAH, RIGHT!!!!
Baseball takes too long. Get a pitch clock! Just do 7 innings! We don’t need 162 games. Come on! It’s way too many! Reduce it to 3, not 4 balls! Don’t let them spend so much time conferencing on the mound! Bottom line, speed it up already! Ok…. Ok…I get...
CRYPTO BASEBALL – SAY WHAT?
The things you hear at the ball park. Overheard a gentleman explaining to a young woman from overseas, who was there watching her first game. She was fascinated by the fans dancing and shouting in joy, but just a short time later forcefully booing and...
MIGHTY CASEY – EXTRA INNINGS
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...
BAT DOG?
I've heard of Bat Man, Cat Woman, Bat Boy, Bat Girl.... but bat dog? Well, then, let's sing: "Take me out to the ball game, take me out to the park.... buy me some kibbles and toys to chase, I will help you get into the pennant chase... oh oh...
THE IRONY OF THE IRON HORSE
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...
Oh Really?
First, you may have thought "Not tonight dear, I have a headache..." is something among couples, but the head ache has a history in baseball that led to players never wanting to be "Wally Pipped". You see, back in 1925, Wally was the starting first...
CODE BLUE (or what to do if your team is losing, like a lot)
“The only Angels in Los Angeles are in Heaven, and they're looking down on the Dodgers.” -- Tommy Lasorda Dodger Stadium is, for some of us, a home away from home. We walk through the gate and suddenly the world outside drifts away. Before us there’s...
WHAAAT? YOUR DAUGHTER WANTS TO BE AN UMPIRE?
Johnny wants to grow up to be a fireman. Sally wants to grow up to be an astronaut. Jimmy insists he will conquer the world of classical piano, and Vivien is on her way to becoming an outstanding United States Senator (if not our President)! But, your kid...
TO B (unt) OR NOT TO B (unt)
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous strike outs. Or to take bat against a ball ... Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought. And enterprise of great pitch and moment. With this regard their currents turn...
CHARLIE HUSTLE’S BROTHER?
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NO RESPECT AT ALL
I tell yah, I might as well be a bunt. I get no respect, no respect at all! The manager said, "Rodney, go play left field... so I left!" The fans yelled, "This guy strikes out so much his wife released him on waivers!" The umpire said "Yer out!" I hadn't...
BASEBALL, THE GREAT SOJOURN
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...