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New Book Captures Magnificent Memories Of Old Comiskey
With talk of a new ballpark on Chicago’s South Side, it’s high time to remember what was lost when Speedway Wrecking demolished the original Comiskey Park in 1991. Author Ken Smoller, a rabid White Sox fan now based in Massachusetts, does just that in a well-illustrated new book called Last Comiskey, published by Eckhartz Press.
Early Tiger Tales: Small Sample Warning!
It’s early…like there is still 93.3 per cent of the season left to be played. However, 11 games is enough to start recognizing some trends for the 2024 season. For the Detroit Tigers, the season started about as well as it could, winning the first five games before losing four of the next six. About to embark a stretch of 14 games in 13 days, the Tigers are on course to win 103 games. If the Tigers are still above .500 at the end of that stretch, conversation about them completing for the Central Division will begin to pick up steam.
Toots Shor's: The Rise And Fall Of An Iconic New York Institution
It’s 11:30 PM in May 2024 and rap music has been pounding in the room all night. A resplendently dressed Juan Soto and Aaron Judge are sitting with Mookie Betts and Shohei Ohtani at Toots Shor II on 51st street in Manhattan. The Dodgers and Yankees are in the middle of a three-game series and there’s a night game tomorrow night. The lounge is filled with movie stars, musicians, and a few NYC media personalities. Everyone is having a good time, since the policy is that no photos are allowed.
Where Baseball's Top Prospects Are Opening the 2024 Season
The 2024 Major League Baseball and Minor League Baseball seasons have now officially kicked off, with all full-season minor league levels now active on the season. That can lead to the question - where are the top prospects at to open the season?
Nevada, Meet Jackson County: Missouri county told the Royals owner, “Build it yourself!”
Voters in Jackson County, Missouri did what at least one Nevada teachers’ union hoped Nevada voters would have the chance to do. The Jackson County voters told the owners of baseball’s Royals and football’s Chiefs to take their demand that taxpayers continue paying for the teams’ facilities and stuff it.
Major League Baseball Might Not Need A Commissioner
The February announcement by Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred that he would be stepping down at the end of his contract in January 2029 has given the baseball world ample time to contemplate his successor. While his 2029 departure may not be soon enough for his critics, it has already sparked a lot of talk and speculation, including on these pages, about his record and what life after Manfred may look like. It also offers an opportunity to ruminate on the very nature of the job itself, and in turn to consider who might best follow in the footsteps of those who have occupied the office since its creation just over a century ago.
Baseball Card Collecting: The Golden Age and Subsequent Overexpansion
Our History of Baseball Card Collecting series continues with a look at the golden age, overexpansion and recession periods. Go here for part one, covering the hobby's origins. Part two, focusing on the Topps monopoly, can be found here.
The Los Angeles Dodger's Mookie Magic
In various places, I predicted Freddie Freeman to win the NL MVP, but after thinking it through, I now believe that is impossible. This has nothing to do with Freeman, who remains an excellent player, a former MVP, and probably a future Hall of Famer. The problem is that there’s almost no foreseeable way for MVP voters to see him as the most valuable player in his own dugout, let alone the National League.
Black Clouds Gather Over Shohei Ohtani As Dodgers Seek to Dodge Growing Gambling Scandal
Just when it looks like baseball has found its next matinee idol, gambling raises its ugly head. Say it ain’t so, Shohei. In little more than a week since the Los Angeles Dodgers played their two-game Seoul Series to open their 2024 season, heralded free agent signee Shohei Ohtani has become the center of unwanted off-the-field attention.
The Rise Of Youth Baseball Injuries — And How We Can Prevent Them
The 2024 baseball season is about to start, both at the professional and youth levels. In fact, many young baseball players started their winter workouts when pitchers and catchers reported to MLB Spring Training over six weeks ago.
The True Origins of Baseball Card Collecting
It’s inevitable- whenever you have a discussion with family and friends about baseball cards, the conversation will eventually take on a decidedly nostalgic tone. It’s a nearly universal response, nostalgia when it comes to seeing or hearing about baseball cards.
A Brief History of Bay Area MLB Left Fielders
In the last few months in this space, we have looked at the best shortstops, third basemen, second basemen, and first basemen to have played in the Bay Area. This month we begin the outfield portion of this series and look back at the best to ever play left field in Oakland and San Francisco, including to of the very best to ever play the game.
A little bit of Seoul: dumb Dodgers' luck, and other observations
Rest assured, neither the Dodgers nor the Padres intended to cross the Pacific to open their regular seasons with the idea that a freak occurrence would turn a slim but late Padres lead into a Dodger overthrow. Entering the top of the eighth (the Padres were declared the home team for the game) the Dodgers had one run on four hits to the Padres’ two on three.
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