As you know Hank Aaron passed away over the weekend. His contribution to baseball and countless lives transcended the game. He conducted himself on and off the field with great ease and aplomb. His 755 home runs are surpassed by only one player in the game’s history. And history will forever judge how that player …
“That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” The MLB Cleveland baseball franchise had trouble picking a sweet nickname that would endear them to their fanbase at the outset of its now 120-year run. Born in 1901 they were named the Cleveland Blues. The expansion team that year gave …
On Sunday the first second baseman that the Houston Astros organization ever had passed away. Lil Joe Morgan, as he was known, broke in with the then Colt 45’s, now Astros in 1963. With old school spikes on Morgan may have been all of five feet seven inches tall. But he played big. Traded to …
In the last few months for the NBA, the NHL, and MLB great preparation and an abundance of caution have been taken for players’ safety to minimize or prevent the spread of the COVID-19 disease. Lessons were learned from this an applied to try to get the NFL and NCAA football teams in camp and …
Welp! That didn’t take long. About 3 days into the delayed launch of the 2020 Major League Baseball season, a game or two and counting have been postponed. Usually, its 27 degrees and snowing in Chicago in early April and we hear the annual whine about starting too early in Spring or scheduling season-opening series …
Pro sports are slowly returning. Did you notice? Did you watch any over the weekend? Unfortunately, the “great escape” that watching the games has provided, it doesn’t do so any longer. Intertwined are political statements and COVID-19 rules and precautions. Such is 2020, but hopefully not much beyond. We’ve got some nuggets on all of …
Baseball should be in full swing by now. As you know, it’s not. And, it’s might be a while before it is. So, in its absence, inspired by a Super 70’s Sports tweet, we went digging and found box score gold. It also took a while to complete a regular-season ballgame on July 2nd, 1963 …
