Fastball, Fastball, Fastball

August 30, 2010 by Ted Leavengood · Leave a Comment

On the web there are numerous video clips of Nolan Ryan throwing fastballs and they loop over and over, fastball after fastball ad infinitum, Ryan’s seemingly effortless delivery going on forever in some parallel universe where he will throw forever. Â That was my mental picture of where Stephen Strasburg should be as he neared the […]

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Part Two: The Story Of The 1888-1889 New York Giants

August 6, 2010 by Brendan Macgranachan · 1 Comment

Every player was smiling when the New York Giants departed the bus that had brought them home from St. Louis, where they had just captured the franchiseâ€™s first World Series. Even President John Day, who was feeling the effects of a flu heâ€™d contracted on the trip, was in a talkative mood about the series. […]

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