Your Glove of Choice-(Part 1)

So, you want to play baseball or softball, or you already do-what’s your glove of choice? With so many brands and types of gloves and mitts to choose from, your decision may not be so easy. There are the ‘old lines’ such as Rawlings, Wilson and Spalding through Mizuno, MacGregor, All-Star, and many others to [...]

Heartbreak of the 1969 Cubs-(Part 1)

Two days after Neal Armstrong took ‘a giant leap for mankind’ and made footprints on the moon in July of 1969, I got out of the US Army and made my own footprints at O’Hare Airport near my suburban Chicago home. Something was different-the Chicago Cubs were in first place! There was excitement with talk [...]

Rays’ Longoria wins Gold Glove

It was great to see the Tampa Bay Rays’ third baseman Evan Longoria win his first Gold Glove award. He is an amazing player and often looks like poetry in motion. Just watch as he snags a rocket of a ground ball and fires a bull’s eye across the infield to Carlos Pena, who scoops [...]

In Praise of the Unsung First Baseman

As is the case in any sport, some baseball positions are considered more glamorous than others. Pitchers are the only players who directly affect every play of the game, so it makes sense that they should be celebrated. Center fielders are highlight-reel mainstays thanks to their propensity to make diving catches. Short stops are heralded [...]