Baseball and a Wedding-(Part 2)

.The article doesn’t mention if the bridesmaids will be given anything from the Pirates, but I suspect that they will give Laura a catchers mitt for the ‘catch’ that she made. (Although, upon seeing her picture, Damon is really the one who made the catch!) The names of the people in the wedding party will [...]

Time to Pass the Baton

With Little League baseball many decades behind me, I had a son of my own. When my son Andy became Little League age, he wanted to play also. We would play catch to improve his skills so naturally, the next step was to buy him a catchers mitt of his very own. Andy was a [...]

My Catchers Career Ended Early

I got to play catcher for two years in Little League and then it was over. There was another kid on our team who wanted to play catcher, but I was better than he was so I got to be the main catcher. Being a kid, I didn’t know much about politics, but I soon [...]

My First Season as a Catcher

After my first year of Little League was over, I couldn’t wait for the second year to begin. I was chosen to be back on the same team that year. I was on Nashville and playing second base again. In our second game, our catcher was up at bat and for some reason I tried [...]

Kickball and a Big Head

When I was a kid I loved to play baseball and was pretty good at it. Another favorite sport was kickball that we often played at school when I was in fifth grade. I was even better at kickball than I was at baseball, and when teams were being chosen, I was picked either first [...]

Cleveland Faces an Uncertain 200

Just two years ago, The Cleveland Indians lost the ALCS to the Boston Red Sox, and it’s been all downhill since. They finished 2009 tied for last place in the American League Central with a record of 65-97. And as usual, when loses go up-fan attendance goes down. (Except for the Chicago Cubs, of course, [...]

Will 200 Marlins Strike Paydirt?

The Florida Marlins have been playing good, not great, baseball as of late. They have been close to making the playoffs in each of the last two seasons, and finished with a record of 87-75, which was good enough for a second place finish in the National League East. They have a bunch of young [...]

The Catcher’s Many Roles

Before Minnesota Twins slugger Joe Mauer redefined expectations for the position, catchers were normally touted for their defense , period. But unlike other position players, the catcher is charged with many disparate tasks. First and most obviously, he must make sure that no ball the pitcher throws gets away from him. Beyond that, he is [...]