January 20, 2013 One of the great baseball players of all time #6, Stan ‘Stan the Man’ Musial, died on Saturday at the age of 92. He was not only one of the greats but a great baseball name.
Former Red Sox manager Terry Francona has penned a new book that discusses his team's infamous late-season crash in the fall of 2011, one of the biggest collapses in baseball history. But the big news apparently is that Francona is willing to reveal a bit of the inner workings of the franchise's ownership, and it doesn't sound pretty.
January 10, 2013 One of the traditions of baseball is about to get replaced by modern technology. The ‘dugout’ phone is going to be replaced by cell phones. No longer will you see the manager tell the pitching coach to grab the phone on the wall and call the dugout to tell the relief pitcher to get warmed up.
The 2013 Baseball Hall of Fame nominees are in and there won't be any plaques added this year.
January 10, 2013 You might have seen the television show 'American Pickers' on the History Channel. Mark, Frank and Danielle travel the United States in their van searching for treasures while meeting some interesting people. Maybe you've been to a yard sale and wondered to yourself if you are picking a valuable item. That's exactly what happened at a yard sale in Baileyville, Maine.
On Wednesday, baseball's Hall of Fame will announce the players who comprise the 2013 class of inductees—or they will announce that no one has surpassed the 75 percent voting mark required for induction. Which would be remarkable, given that some of the greatest players ever to step on a baseball diamond are on the ballot this year. So why the uncertainty? Steroids, of course.
January 3, 2013 Monday December 31st, 2012 was the anniversary of the death of (to me) the greatest baseball player that ever lived. I know everyone has their favorite and mine was and still is Roberto Clemente. He played right field for the Pittsburgh Pirates and batted over .290 for 14 straight seasons.
November 7, 2012 I've talked in past posts about my baseball vacations. I've been to Philadelphia and Baltimore to see the Red Sox on the road. However, the first trip was with my friend Jeremiah, a New York Yankees fan, to New York City to see them play the Twins.
November 2, 2012 This Saturday, November 3rd tickets for individual games go on sale for the Portland Sea Dogs 20th season. The box office at Hadlock Field will be open at 9am and tickets sold by phone and online will go on sale at noon.
In case you missed it—and judging by the ratings, you probably did—the San Francisco Giants finished their World Series sweep of the Detroit Tigers on Sunday night. This year continued a trend in which fewer and fewer people are watching the World Series, especially if it's a four-game sweep
