The National Pastime Almanac and the Joy of Numbers
This time of year is my favorite for obvious reasons: Spring Training is in full swing, newsstands are peppered with baseball preview magazines, and the weather starts to warm up, allowing me to hang...
View ArticleA Passion For Pitching
As a teenager Doug White was an all-star—”an average player for my age but above average for the area where I played”—but he wanted to improve his game so he attended the Doyle Baseball School...
View ArticleIndependent Baseball Crowds Back Above Eight Million
Strengthened by the addition of two more teams in the Northern League and with gains reported in three other leagues, Independent Baseball attendance climbed back above eight million fans for the 2010...
View Article2011 Pre-Season Preview: AL West – Seattle Mariners
Staff ace, Felix Hernandez Seattle Mariners (2010 record: 61-101) Many pundits believed the Mariners could win the American League West last season – I am numbered among those people. The joke was on...
View ArticleBring Unto Me the Little Ranger Fans
Oh, somewhere in this fabled land the sun is shining bright. The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light. And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout. And that would...
View ArticleRollie Hemsley: How a Hard Drinking Catcher Made Alcoholics Anonymous an...
Particularly in the earlier days of the game, baseball had a well-earned reputation for hard drinking and living players. Because the players often socially mingled with the press, and because the...
View ArticleHalfway Home and Competitive Balance is Winning With Pitching
The first half of the 2013 season is in the record books and surprises abound. Chris Davis is quietly on a pace to hit 62 home runs when most were predicting an end to the offensive surge of prior...
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