I have always been told that if you want to find out what is behind anything, you should “follow the money.” So, that is exactly what I am going to do. The BIG MONEY can be found in the paychecks of Mike Trout, Mookie Betts, Max Scherzer, Corey Seager, and numerous other multi-millionaires in MLB. Of course, it can be found in the owner’s pockets as well. But, before you…
Hollywood Stars Game
Another story idea from SpokaneBob. The game had its start at Dodger Stadium in 1967. It was a softball game between celebrities and MLB baseball players. The Managers were Leo Durocher for the Stars and Milton Berle for the big league players. The MLB players included Wills, who was with the Pirates, Brooks Robinson, Clemente, Mays, Frank Howard, Killebrew, McCovey. Jim Garner started for the celebs and after giving up…
I Have Problems With Both Sides of the Lockout!
I am not on the side of the MLBPA or the MLB Owners. I am on the side of truth and fairness. I am a baseball fan. I want to see fair competition. I want to see small market teams do well. If the Dodgers really have the #1 Farm System in baseball, it is because they “bought it” by spending more on facilities, trainers, scouts, analytics, front office, and…
Should the Dodgers Go “All-in” Like the Rams?
The LA Rams just won the 2022 Super Bowl by going “all in.” They said, “forget about the future – just win now!” They have made lots of moves, trades, Free Agent Pickups, etc., and they have not had a first-round pick since 2018 and won’t have one until 2024. They have been horrid at times, BUT THEY WON THE BIG ONE THIS YEAR! The Rams are currently operating with…
Old Timers Game
Players are sitting, Furillo, Koufax, Pafko, Gilliam, Neal, Erskine, Carey and Babe Herman Second row. Campy, umpire Al Passarella, Ump, Jocko Conlon, Ump, Beans Reardon, Shuba, Wills, Larker, Tracewski, Roseboro, Stengel, Moon, Craig, Demeter, Skowron, Dixie Walker, Roebuck. Back row. Pignatano, Hodges, Ump Pat Orr, Lavagetto, Maglie, Podres, Newcombe, Hermanski, Sherry, Reese, Drysdale, Burright, Essegian, Black, Snider, Branca. Those were the first oldtimers to get together and play a game…
Can the MLB Owners and Players Come to an Agreement… Like Soon?
I keep hearing that “baseball purists” do not like some of these newfangled rules. Let me translate the term baseball “purist.” It means “grumpy old men who don’t like change and are adept at complaining when there is nothing to complain about except that change is what they hate… because of course, they do.” There is nothing as constant as change in human life. Nothing says the same. It always changes or it dies. The NFL and the NBA have changed quite a lot over the years. In the NFL, the rules have changed immensely over the years.
Let’s Take a Vote
Over the years, politics have been taboo on this website. Oh, it was not unusual for someone to do a “driveby shooting” or engage in “political innuendo” or “doublespeak” but it was somewhat tolerated as it was too difficult to stop. In 2016, the rhetoric was amped up as the Media lost their minds that Trump won the election and TDS (Trump Derangement Syndrome) immediately set in. 90% of all…
Larry Doby: The American League’s Jackie Robinson
Earlier this year there was a ceremony in Georgia at the birthplace of Jackie Robinson. The plaque showing where his birthplace was had been vandalized. MLB felt it should be replaced and donated 40,000 dollars for a new plaque to be placed there, and in another location near the center of Cairo, Georgia, where he was born. I watched the ceremony on MLB.TV. But that also got me thinking about…
They Aren’t Really This Dumb… Are They?
The pandemic is winding down and a sense of normalcy is starting to return to this country. I am done beating this horse (unless you want to say something really stupid), and MLB Baseball has a “window of opportunity” to end the lockout and PLAY BALL! In general, pitchers and catchers are due to report Monday. Valentines Day would be the opportune time to end this Lockout once and for…
Can’t We Just Get Along?
I have a theory as to why. People have their own life experiences and tend to believe that is “the truth.” We do something a certain way and/or believe something a certain way and we tend to think that is the “way.” Recently, my oldest son did not talk to me for a year because he disagreed with my politics. He came to the conclusion that it was a mental…