Memories of the Shot Heard Round the World

August 18, 2010 by Bill Gilbert · 1 Comment

I suspect everyone my age with an interest in baseball knows where they were when Bobby Thomson hit his historic home run in 1951.Â I was in my 11th grade physics class at South High School in Denver.Â I was an avid Brooklyn Dodger fan growing up and listened to part of the game on […]

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Sweep Incomplete

June 17, 2010 by Daniel Shoptaw · Leave a Comment

Busy couple of nights at the ballpark, with most of the focus on the bump in the middle. First off, the Jeff Suppan return tour kicked off in a manner that didn’t shock me too much, though I will admit I didn’t think it’d be that strong. Â You had a guy that’d made some adjustments, […]

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