Presencia de un torpedero. (Presence of a short stop)
June 15, 2011 by Alfonso L. Tusa C. · 1 Comment
El joven campocorto jugaba un poco cargado hacia su izquierda, el roletazo salió incandescente con todas las caracterÃsticas de un imparable. Los reflejos lanzaron el guante y toda la humanidad del muchacho hacia las profundidades del hueco, allá donde las telarañas se mezclan con la arena que limita con los primeros matices verdes de la […]
No. 9 Most Quotable Figure in Baseball History
May 6, 2011 by David Nathan · 1 Comment
No. 9Â George “Sparky” Anderson (42 quotations) Umpire Al Clark once said, “I refuse to call a 47-year-old, white-haired man Sparky.” Although he looked like the father of Steve Martin, it was his fiery play that earned him the nickname Sparky while playing in the minor leagues. He moved up through the ranks of the […]
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 […]
Al fondo de la esquina caliente (At the bottom of the hot corner)
October 8, 2010 by Alfonso L. Tusa C. · Leave a Comment
Inicios de octubre de 1970 desplegaba varias páginas de suspenso para mis 9 años de hiperkinesia desbordada. Haber seguido los juegos del Mundial de Fútbol por televisión y el Campeonato Nacional Juvenil de Béisbol en el estadio de Cumaná, encendÃa toda la fruición de mi expectativa ante la Serie Mundial de aquel año. Toda esa curiosidad galopaba en paralelo con el reto de la tabla de dividir y la regla de tres que significaba el cuarto grado. La maestra Inés llenaba el aula con su conocimiento transparente y su pedagogÃa que saltaba entre los pupitres. Cualquier asomo de miedo a las matemática me lo borró en el primer instante que escuché su voz. Me habÃa tocado el turno de la tarde, por lo cual debÃa estar atento en mis juegos y correrÃas por calles y cañaverales de regresar a casa antes de mediodÃa.
Moved by Jose Lima’s Death, Joe Klein Looks Back at Going To the Dominican to Sign Him and on His Atlantic League Days
May 26, 2010 by Bob Wirz · Leave a Comment
Jose Lima’s sudden death was felt throughout baseball, amplified by the fact he was pitching as recently as last summer, but the depth of the loss of the fun-loving 37-year-old may not have been felt much deeper than in the Atlantic League’s home office in Camden. “I knew Jose when he was 16, and I […]
“The Boys of October”-Un libro magnÃfico (A Magnificent Book)
January 5, 2009 by Alfonso L. Tusa C. · Leave a Comment