The Memories of Sandlot Baseball

What kid who has ever picked up a baseball glove or baseball bat hasn’t played some form of “sandlot” baseball? It might have been a field with the weeds trampled down and the base paths mowed, (even though that same kid would never mow his own lawn) a city street & using a stick for [...]

Mets Hope 200 is a Better Year

The New York Mets would just like to forget about the ’09 season and move on to better things in 2010. Even though they had the highest payroll in the National League, injuries (a lot of them) and underperformance (never good) cut their legs out from under them. With a dismal record of 70-92, their [...]

Stitches for a First Baseman

When our son Andy was ten years old, he was playing in his 3rd year of Little League baseball. The first couple of years, he played catcher and did a little pitching, but then he wanted to try first base. So, we added a Rawlings first base mitt to his growing collection of baseball gloves [...]