Precious Sanders

LATEST ARTICLES ( 1934 )

• 8 Days Until Pitchers and Catchers Report

  

  With everything (*gestures to the world in general*) going on, I honestly haven’t given my usual level of attention to the upcoming MLB season. Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2021 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Cobb: A Biography, by Al Stump

  

  I recently finished making my way through Al Stump’s biography on Ty Cobb, simply titled Cobb: A Biography. I am aware of the criticism this book has received... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2021 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball: Frick is NL’s Public Relations Director

  

  On Feburary 6, 1934, New York news reporter and broadcaster Ford Frick was named the National League’s public relations director. Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2021 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• NLBM Tribute to Ernie Banks

  

  Yesterday, the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum hosted this talk with author Ron Rapoport about Ernie Banks. Rapoport is the author of the biography on Banks... Read more

  Posted on 31 January 2021 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• In Memory of Hank Aaron

  

  Major League Baseball and the Atlanta Braves held a memorial service for Henry Louis Aaron yesterday. If you haven’t had the opportunity to watch it yet, I foun... Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2021 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Quote of the Day

  As much as I lacked confidence in my ability to communicate verbally, I always had confidence in my athletic ability. Sports were as natural to me as speaking... Read more

  Posted on 25 January 2021 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• RIP Hank Aaron

  

  This one truly breaks my heart. I have been a Hank Aaron fan for almost as long as I have been a baseball fan. I Had A Hammer is one of the first baseball... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2021 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• The Kansas City T-Bones Become the Kansas City Monarchs

  In case you missed it, yesterday, the minor league team Kansas City T-Bones announced they have changed their name to the Kansas City Monarchs. Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2021 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• RIP Don Sutton

  

  Donald Howard Sutton was born on April 2, 1945 in Clio, Alabama. In a career that spanned 23 years, Sutton had a career record of 324-256 and an ERA of 3. Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2021 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Quote of the Day

  

  I guess I had two strikes against me when I came into the world….my father back in Nebraska was a hard drinker before me, and so was my grandfather….sure I trie... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2021 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball: FDR’s Green Light Letter

  

  On January 15, 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt penned the famous “green light” letter to Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis. Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2021 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Infographic: How Much Do Canadians Love Baseball?

  

  This infographic baffles me in its sparseness. According to the Environics Analytics website, the graphic was created in light of the Toronto Blue Jays’ first... Read more

  Posted on 13 January 2021 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• RIP Tommy Lasorda

  

  Tommy Lasorda was born September 22, 1927. He was a hardcore baseball lifer, playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1954 and 1955 and for the Kansas City... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2021 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball: No Class of 1996

  

  On January 8th, results for 1996 Hall of Fame voting revealed that for the first time since 1971, no one was elected by the BBWAA to enter the Hall of Fame. Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2021 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• “Ty Cobb,” by Soundgarden

  

  The members of Soundgarden readily admit that this song isn’t really about Ty Cobb at all, but rather, the song was written with myriad difficult individuals... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2021 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball: Birth of the Northwestern League

  

  Considered the first minor league circuit in baseball history, the Northwestern League was organized in Rockford, Illinois on January 2, 1879. Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2021 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• RIP Phil Niekro

  

  Phil Niekro pitched for 24 seasons in Major League Baseball, spending 20 of those seasons with the Braves, both in Milwaukee and Atlanta. Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2020 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Quote of the Day

  

  I didn’t understand anything about playing baseball. I started playing, and it was enjoyable. Most of my life, I played with older people on my team, in my... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2020 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Three is a Snowball

  

  Growing up, my brothers and I used to do that thing that I think all kids do: hitting a snowball with a baseball bat just to see it explode. I don’t recall... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2020 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball: Umpire Vision Requirements Are Instituted

  

  During a session held on December 15, 1910 at the Hotel Breslin in New York, National League president Tom Lynch announced to owners that umpires would be... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2020 BASEBALL, SPORTS