KINDRED MUSINGS
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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.
REALLY, YOU CAN PLAY AT NIGHT?
"Do not go gentle into that good night, Old age should burn and rave at close of day; Rage, rage against the dying of the light." So said the poet Dylan Thomas. Well ok. There's also: "You know the night time, is the right time to be with the one you love..." Ray...
THE SHORT BRUTISH LIFE OF A BASEBALL
The philosopher Thomas Hobbes said life outside society would be "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short". He was not, I repeat, not speaking about the life of a major league baseball, although an argument could be made he was thinking outside the box,...
BASEBALL MATTERS
Mom and dad both kept stuff in a wooden chest, tucked away for us. "Kids, open this when the time comes. Sort through it. Relive what you can. Enjoy what you can. Discard what you will..."., mom repeated on a number of occasions, with that cadence for...
SPITTING IMAGE
“That is soooo gross!” “What?” “He’s spitting! Yuck! Do you know unsanitary that is?” “I don’t think he’s worrying about that – it’s just a nervous thing – or he’s chewing gum or, you know...” “Ewuuu, did you see that loogie?!!” Yes, spitting and...
KISS SCAM?!?!?!
Our intrepid research team (ok, yes, that would be me) has discovered that the kiss cam dates from California in the 1980s when big screens became part of the baseball parks and well... the rest is history... or her story... or well.... See, baseball may...
THE STRICKEN FAN
(or Eustress, Birging and Corfing) "How's the patient doing?" "Well, it's wait and see... Bed rest, fluids, flowers, distraction, humor, and patience. More patience than you can imagine!" "Do we finally have a diagnosis?" "Yes, his team lost the world...
ETERNAL BASEBALL
"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 of worship. Although there is...
BASEBALL WEDDING VOWS
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 on,...
TOMMY CAN YOU FEED ME?
CHAPTER ONE: Trying to Eat “Do you see that sign?” “Yes…” “I don’t think so. I am not convinced you really see it. It’s right there – see it? Tell me buddy what does it say?” “Blue Heaven on Earth…” “See it again, you know I am a little hard of...
BASEBALL AND LOTSA SUPERSTITION
“When you believe in things that you don't understand Then you suffer Superstition ain't the way” - Stevie Wonder If a right handed pitcher is pitching for us, I cross my right leg over my left. Vice versa if a southpaw. If I am still feeling insecure,...
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