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 [...]

My First Steel Baseball Spikes

Way back when I was 13 years old, I bought my first pair of steel baseball spikes. I couldn’t wait to try them on and to wear them on the practice field. Whenever I got a new piece of baseball equipment I was always in a rush to try it out. It didn’t matter if [...]

Some Variations of Baseball

It is widely believed that Abner Doubleday first invented baseball in 1839 and of course there have been numerous changes to the game over the years. That will be a fun subject to go into at another time. Just think of all the variations and offshoots that have been started because of baseball.
 
First there was [...]

Baseball and Arbitration

Ah, the fine art of arbitration in baseball. It’s got to be fun and exciting for both sides. (Is everyone ever truly happy after the deal?) At any rate, the Tampa Bay Rays signed three players to one year contracts, and one player is going to arbitration. The Rays signed All-Star shortstop Jason Bartlett, RHP [...]

Can Jason Bay Ignite Mets?

It’s winter (and what a winter!) and baseball trades are under way once again. Several big names as usual, have bounced around as to where they might land. One of the ‘bigger’ names on that list was Jason Bay. A lot of news stories came out saying Bay was going to this team or he [...]

McGwire Cheered But Evades Questions

Mark McGwire received a standing ovation from St. Louis Cardinals fans in his first public appearance since he admitted to using steroids during his ‘homerun binge.’ At a scheduled news conference shortly after, he got a lot of steroid questions. McGwire wanted to put the steroids behind him, and concentrate on the reason the Cardinals [...]

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