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 [...]

Umps Contract Ratified by Owners

Last week, baseball owners ratified a five year contract with umpires that should put an end to work stoppages that have plagued the sport for years. The deal, which is expected to be ratified by umpires next week, would remove the ban that keeps umpires from working in consecutive World Series.
 
Removal of the ban [...]

Steroids and Baseball, a Bad Mix

For quite a few years now, steroids have been used by several players in the “big leagues” with some pretty amazing results. The most obvious are all the tape-measure home runs that fly out of every ballpark in the majors. You have to wonder what players like Hank Aaron, Roger Maris, Babe Ruth, and other [...]

Tampa Bay Should Excel in 200

The Tampa Bay Rays finished third in the American League East with a record of 84-78. That was way behind the Yankees and well out of the playoffs. After going to the World Series the year before, you have to wonder which season was a fluke. Their bullpen blew 22-saves as their ERA shot up [...]

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