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• A Moment of Bravado (and a Message to the Angels) as the Last Month of the Seaso...

  

  Is it time to panic? Was it all wishful thinking? Do we have a rational chance? I’m not sure if I wrote about the following experience on this blog. Read more

  The 02 September 2014 by   Gary
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• This Day in Baseball

  

  For the first time in baseball history, two players hit for the cycle on the same day on September 17, 1920.  Tigers’ outfielder Bobby Veach went 6-for-6 that... Read more

  The 17 September 2014 by   Precious Sanders
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• “Frosty and the Babe,” by John Robert McFarland

  

  Here’s a piece by John Robert McFarland, published in the Elysian Fields Quarterly, in which the Great Bambino steps up to the plate against a great pitcher,... Read more

  The 22 September 2014 by   Precious Sanders
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• Awareness Game #1

  

  I live in Pennsylvania but a growing number of people are moving to our country’s 51st state – the State of Oblivion. For a variety of reasons, people seem to b... Read more

  The 18 September 2014 by   Meachrm
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• Awareness Pays off for One MLB Player

  

  The MLB regular season is fast coming to a close and several teams are battling it out for the last playoff spots. One such fight is between the Detroit Tigers... Read more

  The 23 September 2014 by   Meachrm
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• “Game Called,” by Grantland Rice

  

  I stumbled across this piece last night and fell in love with it instantly.  Grantland Rice, the man who wrote “Casey’s Revenge,” wrote this poem in 1910. Read more

  The 12 September 2014 by   Precious Sanders
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• The Louder It Gets the Softer You Throw

  

  The title of today’s post is a phrase I heard Jamie Moyer say during a Phillies broadcast. It was a big moment late in the game and the hometown fans (the... Read more

  The 15 September 2014 by   Meachrm
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• This Day in Baseball: Attack of the M&Ms

  

  On September 3, 1961, Roger Maris and Mickey Mantle of the Yankees became the first set of teammates to hit 50 homers in a season. Read more

  The 03 September 2014 by   Precious Sanders
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• “One Stop Along the Way,” by Terry Cashman

  

  Finding the rest of Terry Cashman’s “Talkin’ Baseball” collection has proved more and more challenging, but in my search, I did come across this tribute to... Read more

  The 18 September 2014 by   Precious Sanders
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• This Day in Baseball: Gnat Invasion

  

  On September 15, 1946, a massive swarm of gnats engulfs the second game of a double header between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs at Ebbets Field.... Read more

  The 15 September 2014 by   Precious Sanders
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