Precious Sanders

LATEST ARTICLES ( 1934 )

• Storing Baseballs in Humidors

  

  Offense is down throughout Major League Baseball this season. For the first time since 2015, there was less than one home run hit per team, per game, for the... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2022 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Kelsie Whitmore Makes Atlantic League History

  In case you missed it, this past Sunday, May 1st, Kelsie Whitmore became the first woman to start in an Atlantic League baseball game. Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2022 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball: Honus Wagner Steals His Way Around the Bases

  

  In the second game of a double header against the Cubs on May 2, 1909, Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Honus Wagner stole his way around the bases. Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2022 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Quote of the Day

  

  When they knock you down, you not only have to get up, but you have to make it clear that you won’t be knocked down a second time. ~Carl Yastrzemski... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2022 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball: Bock Baker Gives up 23 Singles

  In a game against the Chicago White Stockings on April 28, 1901, Cleveland Blues pitcher Bock Baker gave up 23 singles, which allowed Chicago to cruise to a 13-... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2022 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Kansas City Royals City Connect Uniforms

  The Royals revealed their City Connect uniforms a couple days ago, and I’ve gotta say, these fits are slick. Symbolic of our city.Rooted in our... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2022 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Quote of the Day

  Slumps are like a soft bed. They’re easy to get into and hard to get out of. ~Johnny Bench Johnny Bench, 1973 "... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2022 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Keeping Score

  

  My freshman year of high school, I played on the JV softball team. But whenever the JV team wasn’t playing, I was effectively the backup 2nd baseman for the... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2022 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• WatchMojo’s Top 10 Dumbest Baseball Mistakes

  

  Here’s an amusing Top 10 video posted by WatchMojo a few days ago. To be fair to the players featured, we all make stupid mistakes sometimes, and these... Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2022 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball: The Detroit Tigers Are Born

  

  On April 16, 1895, the Detroit baseball team became known as the Tigers. The team was renamed after a year of being known as the Detroit Creams, inspired by... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2022 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball: Willie Mays’s Opening Season Streak

  

  On April 6, 1971 at San Diego Stadium (later known as Jack Murphy Stadium), Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants hit a home run in the first inning off Tom... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2022 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Kansas Jayhawks Destroyed by Texas Tech

  

  I attended my second-ever Kansas Jayhawks baseball game this afternoon. Coincidentally, in both games I’ve now attended, Kansas played the Texas Tech Red Rebels. Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2022 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Alexa, Tell Me a Baseball Joke

  If you happen to have an Amazon device that has the AI app Alexa on it, then you know that you can ask Alexa all kinds of questions, from the latest news and th... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2022 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball: Trading Wares for Free Rent

  

  On March 28, 1913, the St. Louis Browns traded Buzzy Wares to the Montgomery Rebels in exchange for the rent-free use of the minor league team’s stadium during... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2022 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• “Spring Training,” by Philip Raisor

  There’s a lot of great imagery in this poem. It’s also quite nostalgic, full of memories expressed by the narrator. This piece was published in Philip Raisor’s... Read more

  Posted on 24 March 2022 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball: First Major League Night Game

  

  The first night game between Major League teams took place between the White Sox and the Giants on March 21, 1931.  The exhibition game lasted ten innings as th... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2022 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball: The New York Highlanders Join the American League

  

  At a conference held on March 12, 1903, Ban Johnson requested that an American League team be placed in New York to play alongside the National League’s Giants. Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2022 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Infographic: Highest-Priced Hot Dogs in MLB

  I’ve posted infographics here about hot dogs previously: here and here, for example. The one from Statista below is probably the most up-to-date that I’ve... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2022 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• “Along Came Ruth,” by Ford Frick

  

  This poem by Ford Frick ends with the line, “Nothing’s simpler than that!”, which is quite fitting, as this piece is pretty straightforward. Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2022 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball: Initial Pitcher’s Mound Height Set

  

  On March 1, 1903, the rules committee set the height of the pitcher’s mound to a maximum of fifteen inches — prior to this, mound heights were not regulated. Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2022 BASEBALL, SPORTS