The only celebrity autographs I ever “collected”. It was 1962 at Fleming Field in Wilson NC. Jim Gentile, Roger Maris and Harmon Killebrew were barnstorming the country on a Home Run Derby promotion after Maris hit 61 home runs. I stood in line with several 100 other kids and got….
Has the latest Gary Gilmore replaced Vanna White as #1 Celebrity From Greater Myrtle Beach ???
Like all subjects involving sports, individual likes/dislikes are totally subjective. That I prefer a certain sport or certain high profile team or athlete is nothing more than one guy’s favorite barbecue joint or Bond girl. The only difference is I have a hugely popular website bully pulpit to trumpet my favorites.
The least “sexy position” in baseball. A “passionate first base coach” defends his specialty.
I wonder how many angry texts, emails, and old-fashioned letters of advice Bill DeWitt will get today from distraught St. Louis Cardinals fans. Bet Bill has received A LOT of…
“I looked around and they were all better than I was.” for 97% of “phenoms” that harsh reality looms out there somewhere. It may come as soon as they leave home… or later… or not at all.
….. but, unlike Cheers, nobody knows my name. I’m the tall man with the beard wearing a baseball cap …. In Baseball I don’t dislike any team; but do especially like one team. Maybe it’s “the birds on the bat” and The Arch out beyond centerfield?
With over 30% of MLB players from non-English speaking countries, is MLB in danger of becoming a Tower of Babel?
Davie County / USoCar’s WHIT MERRIFIELD “gets the call” to join The Royals after seven years and 683 minor league games. LIVE THE DREAM Whit….
Every professional baseball player was some town’s “phenom”. Every “phenom” has a dream of making it to The Big Show. ….. Jeremy Hazelbaker is “living that dream” ….. for now.
Should “the media” correct an athlete’s grammar when printing a quote?… if English is obviously not the athlete’s first language? The answer is not as easy as it sounds.
Managing anything is difficult. How many “really good ones” have you worked for? Whether it’s a Burger King, a hospital or the St. Louis Cardinals… managing is hard.
45,000 St. Louis Cardinals fans filled Busch Stadium to watch “their Cardinals” play the Redlegs. It was a 3:00 PM game. The weather was “iffy”. The Cards won impressively in front of their LOYAL fans.. Meanwhile on Twitter…
St. Louis Cardinals fans did not get “Barabbas/Matheny” that many still demand. “Pontius Pilate” Mozeliak gave them Chris Maloney. The Boys of Busch are on a two-game win streak… as…