Bring Unto Me the Little Ranger Fans
November 22, 2011 by Austin Gisriel · 2 Comments
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 be St. Louis, because around Arlington there are 10-, 11-, and 12-year-olds who are now permanently scarred for life because their team […]
World Series 2011 Observations
October 29, 2011 by Bill Gilbert · 2 Comments
The 2011 World Series will be remembered as a great one despite an anti-climactic Game 7. Before that there were 4 nail-biters plus Albert Pujols epic game and an unforgettable game 6. If ever there was a team of destiny, it’s the 2011 St. Louis Cardinals. Future regular season and World Series comebacks will be […]
Sally League Showdown (Almost) Matches the Hype
May 13, 2011 by Austin Gisriel · Leave a Comment
The showdown between two of the South Atlantic League’s best teams just about lived up to all the hype that preceded this week’s four game series as the Delmarva Shorebirds sandwiched two victories around two defeats to the Hagerstown Suns. Manny Machado, the Orioles top selection and 3rd overall in the 2010 draft was on […]
A Haunting in the Bronx
May 7, 2011 by Josh Deitch · 2 Comments
Call the Fantastic Four! Call the Ghostbusters! Hell, somebody at least get in touch with those meddlesome kids who travel around in a van with their dog. (Just tell them to leave Scrappy Doo at home.) Ghosts are haunting Yankee Stadium! The Curse of the Bambino—Babe Ruth’s posthumous revenge for Harry Frazee’s decision to sell […]
The Duke’s-Eye View
March 7, 2011 by Gabriel Schechter · 1 Comment
This has been a tough winter for baseball Hall of Famers. Sparky Anderson died in November, the seemingly indestructible Bob Feller left us in December, and now Duke Snider is gone. I never got to meet Snider, which I’m told was my loss. But he was the protagonist in one of my favorite Hall of […]
