For a Few Dollars More
October 13, 2010 by Ted Leavengood · 1 Comment
Cliff Lee is the best hired gun since Clint Eastwood starting taking himself too seriously. The Texas Rangers, born the expansion Washington Senators in 1961, went almost fifty years without winning a post-season series. Then like poor campesinos faced with hired guns from the hacienda, they brought in Cliff Lee. Cue the music as Cliff […]
He Uses ‘The Only Sane Part of My Body’ to Throw Batting Practice
July 30, 2010 by Bob Wirz · Leave a Comment
It often seems that when we dig deeper a story gets more interesting. That certainly has been the case this summer in the process of trying to find the best possible information for this Notebook.  So today we are going to veer largely away from the usual stories of pennant races and exceptional performances to […]
It Is Easy to Tell How Much Sparky Lyle Loves Managing and the Atlantic League
April 27, 2010 by Bob Wirz · Leave a Comment
It only takes a few minutes with Sparky Lyle to understand how much the Somerset manager thinks of the Atlantic League. It is equally impressive that the 65-year-old, who was a major league star as early as the late 1960s, still has fire in his belly for his job, which has to be part of […]
