Living in Light of Two Ages
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Friday, February 20, 2015 at 10:00AM 
The boys of spring are back! Spring training games begin in a couple of weeks, while the season opener is April 1. Box scores! Gameday (the best App ever)! MLB Tonight! Can't wait!
Wednesday, February 4, 2015 at 11:53AM This is a home movie from Wrigley in 1938 (although the opening slide says 1937). You can almost smell the beer, cigars, hot dogs and freshly mowed grass! (s.t. John Siston)
Thursday, December 18, 2014 at 05:26PM 
Here's a great tribute by NY Times sports writer, Tyler Kepner, to the late Topps executive Sy Berger, who died this week at age 91. You may not know his name, but you've seen his work. Mr. Berger was the father of the modern baseball card.
I was one of those kids who would never put something as precious as a baseball card in the spokes of my bike. Thinking it would help my sons get into card-collecting, I did sell and trade some of my partial sets from the late 60's for complete 1980-1990 sets. I now have no Mickey Mantle, Hank Aaron, or Willie Mays cards in my collection, only couple of complete sets featuring Mark McGwire, Jose Canseco, and Sammy Sosa.
I think I should have kept the old ones and admired Mr. Berger's art. If I owned a bike, I think I'd put a few of my newer cards in the spokes.
Thursday, April 10, 2014 at 02:29PM 
It was just a matter of time. The perfect food-sports marriage. Bacon and baseball.
The Lehigh Valley Ironpigs--the AAA affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies--have a new look. A strip of bacon on their cap and matching jersey is one of the logos for their "Saturday" home uniforms.
I'm not a fan of teams coming up with a slew of different jerseys solely for sales revenue--can't beat the pinstripes or the road "grays." But this is pretty innovative. The Ironpigs have a different look for each day. Check out Saturday's "story" and "look." Smell the Change
Monday, March 31, 2014 at 10:41AM
There are five seasons in my world--Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, and Baseball season. Opening day means 162 new box scores, catching a few minutes of MLB Tonight before going to bed, and sneaking a peek at Game Day (the greatest benefit of Al Gore's internet).
It is Time for Predictions (Leave yours in the comments section below):
AL East: Tampa in a squeaker (with Boston or the Yankees winning the wild card)
Al Central: Detroit (pitching, pitching, and more pitching)
AL West: Texas
NL East: Atlanta (Nats winning the wild card)
NL Central: The Cards (who will win the World Series)
NL West: The Dodgers (pitching, hitting, and more pitching)
Friday, February 14, 2014 at 09:59AM 
After a long, way too dry, and warm winter (at least here in OC), pitchers and catchers report today!
Baseball fans everywhere rejoice! Games will start soon, I'll have to update my Gameday app (makes owning a smartphone worthwhile), once again there will be box scores, and MLB Tonight will be live! Can't wait.
The Yanks will sure be different this year. Two-thirds of the 25 man roster is new--a huge factor and not necessarily a good thing. A-Rod will be gone (Yankees fans are thrilled). Mo is gone (I will really miss him). And Derek Jeter will be hangin' em up at season's end (who will be the next face of the franchise?).
In any case, baseball is back!
Predictions (Leave yours in the comments section below):
AL East: Tampa in a squeaker (with Boston or the Yankees winning the wild card)
Al Central: Detroit (pitching, pitching, and more pitching)
AL West: Texas
NL East: Atlanta (Nats winning the wild card)
NL Central: The Cards (who will win the World Series)
NL West: The Dodgers (pitching, hitting, and more pitching)
Thursday, September 26, 2013 at 08:26PM 
Here are twenty-one reasons why Mariano Rivera is one of the greatest pitchers of all time. Stark on 21 Rivera stats. Baseball fans tend to be stat geeks, and Mariano's career numbers are simply mind-blowing.
Baseball fans everywhere respect him, and Yankees fans will mark this day (Mo's last game in Yankee Stadium) as the end of an era. Admittedly, it will be a while before the Yanks win their twenty-eighth World Series. But the last five were won, in part, because of Mariano Rivera.
By all accounts, Mariano is a committed Christian and a kind and gentle man, who just happened to master one of the nastiest pitches of all time--the cutter.
Thursday, July 18, 2013 at 07:07PM 
Mo's retirement tour continues . . . This time Delta named a plane for him! How cool is that!
Thursday, July 4, 2013 at 09:08AM 
Lou Gehrig gives his "luckiest man" speech, one the most iconic moments in American sports history.
Notice the pitiful pile of trophies on home plate. Not much comfort for a dying man.
