Precious Sanders

LATEST ARTICLES ( 1963 )

• Quote of the Day

  

  I was in Little League. I was on first base-I stole third base. I ran straight across the diamond. Earlier in the week, I learned the shortest distance between... Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2018 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball: Baker Bowl

  

  The first game at Philadelphia’s Baker Bowl was played on April 30, 1887. The ballpark was constructed by Phillies owners AJ Reach and John Rogers, costing abou... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2018 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Anime Baseball

  

  This short film by Corridor Digital takes our National Pastime a represents it with an Anime twist.  The driving idea behind this video (and, it appears, a few... Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2018 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Davidson at the K

  

  I wake up this morning, and one of the first things I see on Twitter is this: .@Matt_davidson24 now has seven homers at Kauffman Stadium this season. That’s... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2018 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Quote of the Day

  

  Baseball is the belly-button of our society. Straighten out baseball, and you straighten out the rest of the world. ~Bill Lee Getty Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2018 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball: White Stockings’ NL Debut

  

  The Chicago White Stockings, in their fifth season as a franchise, made their National League debut on April 25, 1876, winning 4-0 over the Grays at the... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2018 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Quote of the Day

  

  I never blame myself when I’m not hitting. I just blame the bat and if it keeps up, I change bats. ~Yogi Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2018 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball: Bucs Debut at Exposition Park

  

  The Pittsburgh Pirates made their debut at Exposition Park in Pittsburg on April 22, 1891, losing to the Cubs, 7-6.  Exposition Park had opened the previous yea... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2018 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• “The Man Into Whose Yard You Should Not Hit Your Ball,” by Thomas Lux

  

  I have known folks who mow their lawn this way.  Pine cones?  Run ’em over.  Thick coatings of leaves?  The mower can handle it.  Rocks?  Who cares if they go... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2018 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Rookie of the Year

  

  Add this one to the list of movies that I watched multiple times as a kid.  I didn’t watch it as many times as I watched Angels in the Outfield, mostly because... Read more

  Posted on 19 April 2018 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Quote of the Day

  

  The seductiveness of baseball is that almost everyone with an abiding interest in it knows exactly how it should be played. And secretly believes that he could... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2018 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” (1927 Version), by Jack Norworth

  

  The original version of “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” was released in 1908, written on a piece of scrap paper on a train ride into Manhattan. Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2018 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball: Ruth’s NL Debut

  

  Babe Ruth made his National League debut on April 16, 1935 at Braves Field in Boston.  A band played “Jingle Bells” (I wonder whose idea that was?) as snow... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2018 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Jackie Robinson, Football Player

  

  Before Jackie Robinson made his mark by breaking Major League Baseball’s color barrier, he was a four-sport star at UCLA, playing baseball, football, basketball... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2018 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Quote of the Day

  

  A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives. ~Jackie Robinson Sporting Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2018 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Water Baseball

  

  I found this photograph while browsing the Library of Congress catalog.  Taken in July 1914, it depicts a group of men playing baseball in a large body of... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2018 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Quote of the Day

  

  I do what I’ve trained my whole life to do. I watch the ball. I keep my eye on the ball. I never stop watching. I watch it as it sails past me and lands in the... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2018 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball: First Fenway Game

  

  The first game ever played at Fenway Park took place on April 9, 1912. In an exhibition contest played in the cold and the snow, Crimson third baseman and... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2018 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Kansas Vs. Texas Tech, 04.07.2018

  

  Yesterday afternoon, a friend and I attended the baseball game between Kansas and Texas Tech Universities.  I had previously been to games at the Little... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2018 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Books and Movies and Lists

  

  Over the course of the last week, I’ve compiled a couple of different lists, both now live on my site.  One is a list of books, the other a list of documentarie... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2018 BASEBALL, SPORTS