Starting a Little League Team

Though as a parent you might not be able to form a sanctioned Little League team in your area, it’s always fun to gather up your children and their friends for weekly games or practices. Once you’ve built up a team and a few scheduled weekly events, you’ll be surprised how fast your team gets [...]

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 [...]

The 7th Inning Stretch (Part 2)

That was tradition number one. The second tradition that began that day was the first seventh-inning stretch. President Taft, as you may or may not know, was a very large man. At 300 pounds, he was the largest president our country has ever had. That opening day game between the Athletics and the Senators was [...]

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 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 [...]

Giants Hoping for 200 Playoffs

The San Francisco Giants finished the 2009 season only four games out of the wild card spot with a record of 88-74, good enough for third place in the tough National League West. They had a sixteen win improvement in 2009, and think they can make it to the post-season in 2010.
 
In order to do [...]

Chicago White Sox Training for Kids

Several years ago when the Chicago White Sox were still holding spring training in Sarasota, they held a “training camp for kids.” About 300-400 kids showed up to learn from such greats as Harold Baines and other popular White Sox players. My Babe Ruth League age son Andy was among them, and was quite excited [...]

Why Does a Catcher Need a Different Glove?

Amongst baseball gloves, there are a few field positions which claim to require different types of gloves, though it might seem that a different style of mitt is unnecessary.  For some field positions, this is true, but the catcher is unique.  Catchers mitts are characterized by their wide diameter, and additional thickness. The width of [...]

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 [...]

A Boy Dreaming of Spring

As a youngster growing up in the Chicago suburbs, winters were long, cold and dark. Don’t get me wrong, I loved to ice skate, sled ride, and play endlessly in the snow. Winter was one of my favorite seasons, but I also loved baseball. When it was late in February, 17 degrees outside and still [...]

Next Page »