White Sox spring training camp, ca. 1936
Pasadena, California (Rose Bowl in background)
Photo Collection, Los Angeles Public Library via KCET.org
My how the times have changed…
I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I’ve bought a big bat. I’m all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!
—Theodor Seuss Geisel (1904-1991)
Mike Zagurski looks so much like how you would expect a “Mike Zagurski” to look that I’m still not positive that he’s a real pitcher and not someone the Phillies hired out of Central Casting.
Old Time Family Baseball: The Etymology of the Mendoza Line
More important than the discovery of the cave paintings in Lascaux, we have finally found the first official mention of the Mendoza Line.
From the September 13, 1982 issue of Sports Illustrated:
“According to an SI poll of big league players, these words and phrases are the newest…
Old Time Family Baseball: Bryce Harper Blows Pitcher a Kiss After Hitting Home Run
Bryce Harper is young, brash, talented, and supremely unlikeable. When Harper hit his 14th home run of the season off of the Greensboro Grasshopper’s Zachary Neal, Harper decided to pucker up and show his affection as he was rounding third base. Take a look at the video here and passed along by…
Fun Cubs Fact…
The man that designed Wrigley Field was the architect of the original Comiskey Park. Thanks Zachary Taylor Davis…
Almost forgot…Lightning Chicks Champs!!!
Great Plains Athletic Conference Championship
This is way cool. Elliot is the son of a friend. Boy done did good…
Baseball Writers' Association of America vs. Association of American Universities
Most unfortunate. I think both groups need to take a look in the mirror…
Freak on a leash…
Tim Lincecum’s windup in ultra slow motion.
One of the coolest things I’ve seen all day.
(h/t to Big League Stew)
“There are two theories on hitting the knuckleball. Unfortunately, neither of them works.”
- Charlie Lau
(illustration via The Transplanted Phan)
Ladies and gentlemen, the whitest moment of the 2011 baseball season. We’ve got a forearm bash that barely connects, an oversized batting helmet, some kind of rubber awareness bracelet, a batting glove fastened over a long-sleeved shirt, it’s all great.
We’re only a few games in, so these guys will have some competition, but right now, Ryan Langerhans and Brendan Ryan are setting the gold standard.
(Photo by Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images)
In case you missed this one. I believe it to be fairly accurate…
Took a break at an old friends healing garden…333 days ago the trauma center became a second home…my we have come a long way…
Almost forgot…Kid Rock concert last weekend included a stop by The Brick! Featured on Diners, Drive-In’s and Dives we stopped in for an Oklahoma Dog which would include the classic all beef hot dog wrapped in bacon, dipped in batter and deep fat fried!!!
Surgery to follow…stay tuned…
