The Illumination of Jose Bautista

July 18, 2011 by Andrew Martin · 7 Comments

I canâ€™t say for certain what it was, but sometime in early September, 2009, something seemed to click for Jose Bautista that hadnâ€™t before. Prior to that time Bautista was at best an average utility man who was rapidly approaching 30 years of age. Drafted in the 20th round of the 2000 draft, he also […]

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The Ultimate Seven-Game Fall Classic: Game Four

November 7, 2010 by Mike Lynch · 2 Comments

In part one of my Ultimate Seven-Game Fall Classic series, I featured Game One of the 1988 World Series between the Oakland Aâ€™s and Los Angeles Dodgers, won by the latter on Kirk Gibson’s walk-off two-run homer off Dennis Eckersley, ironic because it was Eck who coined the phrase “walk-off piece.”Â Part two featured an […]

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Touring the Bases With…Carmen Fanzone

March 21, 2010 by Bob Lazzari · Leave a Comment

A former versatile infielder turned accomplished musicianÂ who once played the “Star Spangled Banner” before a game at Wrigley Field, Fanzone–a flugelhorn player–was originally signed by the Red Sox and spent five years in the majors from 1970-1975, four of them with the Chicago Cubs.Â Click here to watch a video of a conversation I had […]

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