Kid Blogger Interviews MLB’s Official Historian
December 14, 2012 by Matt Nadel · Leave a Comment
Hey baseball fans! I just received the answers to the interview questions that I sent to…. John Thorn, the Official Historian for Major League Baseball! Thorn was appointed Official Baseball Historian for Major League Baseball by the Commissioner on March 1, 2011. He has written books like “Treasures of the Baseball Hall of Fame” and […]
Mets To Host 2013 All-Star Game
May 16, 2012 by Seamheads · Leave a Comment
Mets to host 2013 All-Star Game (via AFP) Major League Baseball’s 84th All-Star Game will be hosted in 2013 by the New York Mets at their three-year-old ballpark, $600 million Citi Field, commissioner Bud Selig announced on Wednesday. The Mets previously hosted the mid-season event once before, in 1964 at Shea Stadium in the year […]
Clearing The Bases
November 2, 2011 by George Kurtz · Leave a Comment
Well the 2011 season has successfully come to an end with an unlikely champion, the St. Louis Cardinals. Who saw that coming? Manager Tony LaRussa goes out on top as he retired a champion, have to wonder if his retirement will push free agent Albert Pujols towards another team. That is a perfect […]
The Time Has Come for TV Replays in Baseball
June 14, 2011 by Peter Golenbock · Leave a Comment
Last night in Detroit, Rays outfielder Justin Ruggiano came flying around third and slid hard into home plate, avoiding the sweep tag of Detroit Tigers catcher Alex Avila. Ruggiano slid past the plate, spun around and nailed the plate with his foot just before Avila went to tag him again. (The second tag was further […]
Change We Can Believe In
December 8, 2010 by Jess Coleman · Leave a Comment
Turn back your clocks a little over a year to the 2009 American League Divisional Series between the Yankees and the Twins. The Yankees had home field advantage, and were heavily favored. They swept the series three games to none, but largely thanks to a disturbing phenomenon down the left field line at Yankee Stadium. […]
Post-Season Condensed by One Lousy Day
March 25, 2010 by Gabriel Schechter · Leave a Comment
In a breakthrough that was hailed as the forerunner of even more seismic shifts down the road, a special 14-man committee put together by Commissioner Bud Selig has announced the elimination of exactly one off-day from a postseason schedule that turned last year’s championship competition into a joke. Thus it remains a joke, a bad […]
Selig, Owners Announce Re-Invention Of Sport
February 23, 2010 by Gabriel Schechter · Leave a Comment
In a surprise announcement following the winter meetings attended by owners and generals managers, “Commissioner” Bud Selig declared his intention of re-inventing the sport known as baseball. “Let’s face it,” Selig told the press. “We’ve screwed this game up so thoroughly that it has almost no meaning for anyone any more. Fans don’t know what […]
