Heartbreak of the 1969 Cubs-(Part 2)

…Actually, the Cubs freefall was more “amazing” than the Mets climb. The Cubs lost 17 of their remaining 25 games as the Mets went zooming past them, and on to being the 1969 World Series Champions. Once again, Cubs fans were left holding the bag, only this time it was different. With all the excitement [...]

Putting Together a Family Baseball Game

There’s nothing better than watching your kids enjoy an impromptu game of baseball in the backyard on a warm summer night. Not only will they be getting a lot of physical exercise, but it’s also a great way to for the various family members to bond and spend some quality time together. If this sounds [...]

Chicago White Sox-1959

The city was Chicago. The year was 1959 and I was twelve years old. It had been fourteen years since any baseball team had won a pennant in the “second city,” so I had never seen a “friendly” World Series. I was a Cubs fan so the wait would be l-o-n-g! The White Sox were [...]

Baseball and a Wedding-(Part 1)

So, I opened my newspaper this morning to an article written by Vin Mannix, and there was a picture of a local couple standing on the pitchers mound at McKechnie Field in Bradenton, the spring training home of the Pittsburgh Pirates. They will be married at home plate on Saturday, February 6th. It seems the [...]

The 7th Inning Stretch (Part 4)

A third theory was dug up by baseball historians. It shows a manuscript dated in 1869, a full thirteen years before the “Perfect” Brother Jasper’s timeout. It seems to be documenting what can only be described as a seventh inning stretch. The letter was penned by a member of the first professional baseball team, the [...]

The 7th Inning Stretch (Part 3)

Another theory was that Brother Jasper of Mary was given credit for bringing baseball to Manhattan College in the late 1800’s. Now, Brother Jasper was known as the “Perfect of Discipline,” (which means being in charge of keeping unruly students in line. This might have involved a baseball bat, but that is just my theory) [...]

Statue Unveiled Honoring Mazeroski

It was a baseball game you would never forget if you had either seen it on TV or heard it on the Radio. Game 7 of the 1960 World Series featured the Pittsburgh Pirates and the heavily favored New York Yankees. It was the bottom of the 9th inning and Bill Mazeroski hit a game-ending, [...]

It’s Almost Spring Training Time

Now that I live in Florida, I still look forward to spring training, but not quite as much as I did as when I lived in the Chicago area. For those of you who live in the “frozen north” I feel your pain. Somewhere under all that “beautiful” snow, there are baseball diamonds just waiting [...]

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