Anyone can have a bad century. :cubs: Spring training isn’t so far away. There’s always next year. 🙂
Tag Archives: Baseball
On the Flying Squirrels
Richmond has named their AA baseball team. The Richmond Flying Squirrels. Maybe they’re hoping to license Rocket J. Squirrel — better known as Rocky from Bullwinkle — to be the team’s mascot? Stranger things have happened. 😯
On Baseball’s Postseason
This is October! There should be playoff baseball on television every day! Instead, thanks to the quick exits of teams in the first round of the playoffs, we have a four day layover until the championship series begin. And it’s been pointed out that if the two championship series go the minimum four games each,Continue reading “On Baseball’s Postseason”
On End-of-Season Baseball Musings
With the playoffs beginning today, I wanted to muse on things baseball-related. First, why does a team advance to the playoffs as a wild card when there’s a tie for division champion? I’m not trying to exclude Boston from the playoffs, but it’s a fair question. Boston didn’t win their division. The Tigers and theContinue reading “On End-of-Season Baseball Musings”
On the Born Chicago Cubs Fan
I’ve thought for a long time that I was born to be Beatles fan. The reason? The number one song on the charts the day I was born was George Harrison’s “Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth),” which followed (or was followed by) two weeks of Paul McCartney’s “My Love.” Between you andContinue reading “On the Born Chicago Cubs Fan”
On Richmond’s New Baseball Team
Richmond is getting a minor league baseball team. The Defenders of Norwich, Connecticut are moving south, to play ball in Richmond. Once home to the Richmond Braves, Atlanta’s AAA franchise, the Diamond will now host the AA franchise of the San Francisco Giants. The team is looking for a new name, and the Richmond Times-DisgraceContinue reading “On Richmond’s New Baseball Team”
On Fixing Baseball
Dear Bud Selig, Today, or possibly tomorrow, but certainly by Wednesday, the Pittsburgh Pirates will set a record for baseball — and a record for the four major sports in North America. Pittsburgh will have its seventeenth consecutive losing season. Seventeen years. Their last winning season was in 1992. There are probably people reading thisContinue reading “On Fixing Baseball”
On Mistaken Names
I watched on MASN2 this afternoon two of the lowliest teams in baseball — the Washington Nationals and the Pittsburgh Pirates. I consider the Nats my “local team.” I think this is common amongst football fans (and by “football fans” I mean “soccer fans”), where there’s a top tier squad that one roots for, andContinue reading “On Mistaken Names”
On the Week That’s Been
Six weeks ago, give or take, I decided that I didn’t have to write a blog post every day. I’d written something every day from the end of March 2007 to April 2009, a run of some 750 straight days. I can’t promise that every day was quality, but every day had something. Ever sinceContinue reading “On the Week That’s Been”
On WGN, the Cubs, and the Sox
I sat down to watch today’s Cubs/White Sox game. I was looking forward to two of my favorite announcers, Bob and Len, in the booth, talking about the Cubs and baseball. Instead, WGN put the Sox broadcast team — “Hawk” Harrelson and some other guy — on the game. I realized that while I’ve heardContinue reading “On WGN, the Cubs, and the Sox”