BREAKING RECORDS IN BASEBALL: CONTEXT IS EVERYTHING
The word “asterisk” comes from a Greek word meaning “little star.” Never has a little star caused so much discussion and controversy than the one Commissioner Ford Frick attached to Roger Maris’ single season record 61 home runs in 1961. Frick was a close friend and biographer of Babe Ruth and was a beat writer […]
A Review: Baseball Fantography: A Celebration in Snapshots and Stories from the Fans
Fans are no doubt what make the game of baseball so popular, especially at the Major League level. Over time, the players who have noticed this and focused on being a fan favorite have been able to overcome hitting slumps or pitching doldrums in the public eye much easier than those who may not be […]
Should MLB players suspected of PED use be penalized in Hall of Fame voting?
This is a post written by Jeff Herbst. Jeff has had a passion for sports ever since he could first walk and enjoys writing in his spare time. He works with Phoenix Bats, a company that manufacturers wood bats and specialty composite wood bats for amateur and professional ball players around the globe. Since 1936, the baseball Hall […]
A New Series by Ken Burns: Baseball – The Tenth Inning
A FILM BY KEN BURNS AND LYNN NOVICK PICKING UP WHERE HIS EPIC 1994 DOCUMENTARY LEFT OFF, RENOWNED FILMMAKER KEN BURNS CONTINUES THE FASCINATING STORY OF AMERICA’S NATIONAL PASTIME New Documentary Debuts on DVD and Blu-ray October 5, 2010 Featuring Interviews with the Filmmakers, Additional Scenes and Outtakes HOLLYWOOD, CA – In 1994 the landmark […]
Another One Bites The Dust
Image by Getty Images via Daylife In yesterday’s New York Times, Michael S. Schmidt reported that “Sammy Sosa…is among the players who tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug in 2003, according to lawyers with knowledge of the drug-testing results from that year“. Sosa is now the second name to be leaked from that 2003 test […]
Book Review: Fair Ball by Bob Costas
Bob Costas is probably best known for his Olympic commentary over the years, but he has really been a renaissance man and announced everything from baseball to football in this country. Costas put out Fair Ball: A Fan’s Case for Baseball in an attempt to tell baseball how it could fix its problems and become […]
