Precious Sanders

LATEST ARTICLES ( 1953 )

• Quote of the Day

  

  That moment, when you first lay eyes on that field — The Monster, the triangle, the scoreboard, the light tower Big Mac bashed, the left-field grass where Ted... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2018 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Another Round of Baseball Jokes

  

  I am overdue for posting more jokes on here. You can’t really blame me, though, most baseball jokes are honestly truly awful. The ones below are not exempted... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2018 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball

  

  The Chicago Colts (later know as the Cubs) of the National League established the record for most runs scored in a game by one team on June 29, 1897 when they... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2018 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• “A Baseball Ballad,” Author Unknown

  

  Just as fair warning: this poem is pretty depressing.  Published in the Brooklyn Eagle in 1883, it describes a player who has passed away.  But wow, whoever he... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2018 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Quote of the Day

  

  You may glory in a team triumphant, but you fall in love with a team in defeat. Losing after great striving is the story of a man, who was born to sorrow,... Read more

  Posted on 27 June 2018 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball: Stealing the Inning

  

  Nationals catcher Eddie Ainsmith stole three bases in one inning on June 26, 1913 in a game against the Philadelphia Athletics at Griffith Stadium in Washington. Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2018 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• “Baseball, Baby,” Johnny Darling

  

  This song is a doo-wop tune about baseball that really isn’t about baseball, but rather an analogy for something else entirely. Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2018 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Quote of the Day

  

  The next time someone whines that baseball doesn’t have enough action, you can do two things: first, explain the planning, strategizing, calculating, and... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2018 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball: First No-hitter at Fenway

  

  The first ever no-hitter at Fenway Park was thrown by Red Sox pitcher George “Rube” Foster* on June 21, 1916.  Foster no-hit the New York Yankees to win 2-0. ... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2018 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• RIP Dutch Rennert

  

  Over the years, I have seen and played with a number of umpires who were so timid with their calls, you could never be sure what the count was on the batter. Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2018 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Quote of the Day

  

  It’s the mathematical potential for a single game to last forever, in a suspended world where no clock rules the day, that aligns baseball as much with the... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2018 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball: The First Ladies’ Day

  

  The first ‘Ladies’ Day’ in baseball history took place on June 16, 1893 when the New York Gothams (later known as the Giants) offered free admission to all... Read more

  Posted on 16 June 2018 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Christy Mathewson

  

  Considered the first great pitcher of the modern era, Christopher “Christy” Mathewson was born in Factoryville, Pennsylvania on August 12, 1880, the oldest of... Read more

  Posted on 15 June 2018 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Quote of the Day

  

  About the only problem with success is that it does not teach you how to deal with failure. ~Tommy Lasorda Sporting Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2018 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Warming up

  

  Here is an old Peanuts strip from Charles Schulz’s earliest years creating the comic.  This particular strip comes from 1951, when Peanuts was less than a year... Read more

  Posted on 12 June 2018 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball: The Almost-no-hitter

  

  On June 11, 1904, Bob Wicker of the Cubs pitched 9 1/3 innings of no-hit baseball before Giants’ outfielder Sam Mertes managed New York’s only hit in the 10th.... Read more

  Posted on 11 June 2018 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• “Poem for My Father,” by Quincy Troupe

  

  This piece was published in 1996 in Avalanche, a collection of poetry by Quincy Troupe.  It is not only a piece from a son to his father, but also a great... Read more

  Posted on 10 June 2018 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Quote of the Day

  

  Baseball is a game based on adversity. It’s a game that’s going to test you repeatedly. It’s going to find your weaknesses and vulnerabilities and force you to... Read more

  Posted on 08 June 2018 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball: The First Pinch Hit

  

  On June 7, 1892, the Spiders’ Jack Doyle became the first player to collect a pinch hit with a single, coming off the bench to bat for Cleveland hurler George... Read more

  Posted on 07 June 2018 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Infographic: Catching: A History

  

  I haven’t had a chance to do much more than skim all the information on this infographic, but what I’ve noted so far is certainly fascinating. Read more

  Posted on 06 June 2018 BASEBALL, SPORTS