The Game Has Changed and Not For the Better

November 18, 2021

Earlier in the week I had a dialogue with MT and Bluto regarding the lack of confidence I have in RVS as a competent MLB Team Batting Coach.  I have no doubts that his methodology can and does work for some, but each batter is different and needs a different approach.  At least that is the way it used to be.  I concede that the LAD method of hitting is…

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Meet Me In St. Louis

February 3, 2021

The St. Louis Cardinals have always been an iconic organization in MLB and arguably the most successful NL via winning more WS than any other NL team, trailing only the NYY.  The Cardinals have won 11 WS in 19 appearances. They also hold the ire of Dodger fans as St. Louis  has beaten the LAD in four postseason series (1985 NLCS, 2004, NLDS, 2013 NLCS, and 2014 NLDS) against a…

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The Fall of Baseball Cards

July 3, 2020

This is the second part in the two-part article on baseball cards penned back in 2012. I had collected baseball cards as a youngster in the fifties. Unfortunately, I gave my collection to a good friend in 1957 when my family moved from the small town of Lunenburg in Nova Scotia to the city of Edmonton, Alberta. At that point, my life was over – or so I thought, and…

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