KINDRED MUSINGS
Poems, Puns, Videos, Anecdotes, Stories, Books, and Photos
We all have a window we look out from. Some times we meander. This place here is intended to serve as a hearth, or a park, a gathering place whether you are alone or with one or more others.
Ron Sokol, longtime newspaper columnist, blogger and author, welcomes any and all civilized as well as creative comments and remarks from you.
CAN’T LET THIS HAPPEN, OK?
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. Bottom line,...
THINK FAST
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 inches...
FIELD’S LAMENT
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. Noise....
JOHN AND JUAN BECAME FRIENDS?
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,...
EARNED SWAGGER (or, another reason I love baseball)
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 206. He had 31...
SLUMPS, AND WHY YOU MUST NEVER GIVE UP!
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 signin' that And I'm tryin' to make some girl Who tells...
ABSOLUTE PROOF OF BASEBALL PURITY
In our judicial system, for a civil claim, you have a burden of proof to demonstrate the case by a preponderance of the evidence. This means "more likely than not", or roughly 51/49 in your favor. In many states 9 out of 12 jurors is satisfactory for you to prevail...
SALUTE!
Over 200 years ago, a gentleman named Francis Scott Key wrote a poem "The Defence of Fort McHenry". We know it today as the Star Spangled Banner. In time a bit of a joke has arisen: "What are the last two words of the National Anthem?" "Play Ball!" History says the...
BASEBALL AND LIFE
Do you have a place you go, or hang out, where you "take five"? I would guess most who go to a baseball game, sit in their seats, browse around a bit, get food, go to the restroom, stretch, but largely stay put, right? That works, but at times I find myself straying....
DEAR MIKE TROUT, from your friend Khayyir (or, another reason to like baseball)
Hi, this is Khayyir. I am 10. You are my favorite player. I went to a game and you hit two home runs and made a really good catch in the outfield. My dad, and my mom, like you too. They always say "Mike Trout is a good man, that is a good man..." So I think in...
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