Precious Sanders

LATEST ARTICLES ( 1963 )

• This Day in Baseball: World Series Slams

  

  The first World Series grand slam came on October 10, 1920 when Elmer Smith of the Indians belted a bases-loaded homer against the Brooklyn Dodgers. Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Quote of the Day

  

  Why? Why should the bond between a people and their baseball team be so intense? Fenway Park is a part of it, offering a physical continuum to the bond, not onl... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Turning Two

  

  It feels like only yesterday that I wrote my 500th post on this blog.  It seems quite surreal that I now find myself sitting down to work on this one, post... Read more

  Posted on 07 October 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Baseball Fans Guide to Ball Park Franks

  

  There are so many inappropriate things that I could say about this graphic, but in the interest of keeping this blog rated PG, I’ll opt to refrain and allow my... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball: Galvin’s 300th Win

  

  James Francis “Pud” Galvin of the Pittsburgh Alleghenys became the first pitcher to reach 300 victories on October 5, 1888 when Pittsburgh defeated the... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• “Baseball Nation,” by Tony Lewis

  

  This tune talks about doing something I’ve always thought would be fun to take on: a road trip that hits every ballpark in the country.  It would be long,... Read more

  Posted on 04 October 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Quote of the Day

  

  Gosh, all a kid has to do these days is spit straight and he gets forty-thousand dollars to sign. ~Cy Read more

  Posted on 02 October 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball: Quinn’s Big Day

  

  On September 30, 1893, Browns’ second baseman Joe Quinn was honored by The Sporting News as the most popular baseball player in America. Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Rickey Henderson’s Hall of Fame Speech

  

  Considering his reputation for an inflated ego, referring to himself in the third person and the like, Rickey Henderson’s Hall of Fame induction speech is... Read more

  Posted on 28 September 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Quote of the Day

  

  Oh, to be a center fielder, a center fielder – and nothing more. ~Philip Roth The New Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• 1903 Base Ball Catcher

  

  I stumbled across this image last night of an application submitted in 1903, and apparently approved in 1904, for a patent on a Base Ball Catcher. Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball: First AL Pinch Hit Slam

  

  The first pinch hit grand slam in American League history was hit by Marty Kavanaugh on September 24, 1916.  The second baseman’s historic smash wound up being... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Willie Mays’s Glove

  

  Happy Friday!  Here’s a wonderful Peanuts strip that might give you a chuckle this morning.  Based on this, it seems I was using Ken Griffey, Jr.’s glove as a... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Quote of the Day

  

  Baseball endures at least in part because it is a contemplative sport that delights in nuances. Not a brazen game, eager to sell its thrills cheaply, but... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• “Faith,” by Tim Peeler

  

  Mickey Mantle is one of those players that everybody wants to love, and yet is becomes so hard to look past his lifestyle and how it affected his on-field... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball

  

  On September 20, 1980, a bronze plaque was dedicated to Thurman Munson at Yankee Stadium.  Munson had passed away the previous year attempting to land his Cessn... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Baseball During World War I

  

  National World War I Museum World War I broke out in late-July 1914, following the assassination of the Archduke of Austria-Hungary, though it was not until... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Quote of the Day

  

  More than any other American sport, baseball creates the magnetic, addictive illusion that it can almost be understood. ~Thomas Boswell Washington Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• “Night Game,” by Paul Simon

  

  This has to be the most depressing baseball song I’ve ever heard, and I find it simultaneously fascinating.  The idea of a pitcher dying on the mound is shockin... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Cartoon Baseball

  

  Lawrence is caught in a grey, dreary downpour this morning, and as I am in the process of drying off, I felt like something lighthearted.  Here is a cartoon I... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS