Remembering Al Lopez, Tampa’s Latin Jackie Robinson
July 12, 2013 by David Alfonso · 3 Comments
Recently the family home of Al Lopez was uprooted and moved a short distance. In about a year it will open as the Tampa Baseball Hall of Fame. It is obviously appropriate the baseball history of Tampa would be housed in the Lopez home, and in Ybor City, a neighborhood just east of downtown Tampa, […]
March Gladness: Further Thoughts on the World Baseball Classic
March 18, 2013 by Jeff Polman · 3 Comments
It isn’t always pretty, the timing stinks, the umpiring is spotty, the pitch count limits are a drag, many of the games are half-attended and God only knows what the TV ratings are, but I’d still rather watch The Kingdom of the Netherlands battle Chinese Tapei in the World Baseball Classic than one inning of […]
