From the Archives: The Battle For George Sisler’s Soul
February 11, 2022 by Mike Lynch · Leave a Comment
In 1910, 17-year-old phenom George Sisler signed a contract with Akron of the Ohio-Pennsylvania League between his junior and senior years of high school. Sisler was a minor, however, and his father Cassius demanded that Akron void the contract. Sisler enrolled at the University of Michigan and began playing ball for the Wolverines. In September […]
Touring the Bases With Bob Wolff
May 16, 2012 by Ted Leavengood · 2 Comments
Bob Wolff is one of the most famous television and radio announcers of the second half of the Twentieth Century. He has been inducted to both the Baseball Hall of Fame at Cooperstown and the Basketball Hall of Fame as well. His call of Don Larsen’s World Series Perfect Game in 1956 for Mutual Radio […]
The Best Game Ever
December 1, 2011 by Joe Shrode · Leave a Comment
No, not game 6. The best game ever was played when I was eight years old on Doc Branson’s lot across the street from the house I grew up in. Excerpt from my manuscript, “Between the Lines: A Father, A Son and America’s Pastime.” Baseball is cool. It’s way cool, in fact. As a young […]
Touring the Bases with Italian Baseball Coach Andrea D’Auria
October 30, 2011 by Jack Perconte · 1 Comment
If you ever wondered about baseball in Italy, and if it is even played there, you will love this interview. Andrea sounds like a great guy and I am sure he is and displays the passion for baseball that is like the great coaches here in America. This year was especially rewarding and momentous for Italian baseball, as […]
What Happens When the Little League World Series Ends?
August 16, 2010 by Josh Deitch · 1 Comment
Recently, ESPN has been airing the Little League World Series. I normally love watching the LLWS. You see more true emotion and love for the game in two innings of between the teams from Toms River, NJ and Korea than you might in an entire three game series between the Yankees and Orioles. The coaches […]
Camden’s Von Hayes and Chiaravalloti Doing Double Duty
August 10, 2010 by Bob Wirz · Leave a Comment
Camden Manager Von Hayes and part-time cleanup hitter Vito Chiaravalloti both have a lot on their mind these days, and it is only partially due to the Riversharks’ uphill battle to make the Atlantic League playoffs.           The postseason is immediate priority No. 1, but Hayes, the onetime Philadelphia Phillies star, also heads up a […]
