Precious Sanders

LATEST ARTICLES ( 1953 )

• A League of Their Own Reunion

  

  Earlier this week, cast members from A League of Their Own got together for a little reunion baseball game.  The event was organized by Geena Davis, who played... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Your Salary Vs. an MLB Player’s Salary

  

  Here’s an interesting site I came across — and by interesting, I mean thought-provokingly depressing. This site allows you to compare your salary to that of... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Quote of the Day

  

  Baseball is a game where a curve is an optical illusion, a screwball can be a pitch or a person, stealing is legal and you can spit anywhere you like except in... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Happy Mother’s Day

  

  …to all the moms out there!  To those who play and to those who cheer us on, thank you for all you do! Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball

  

  Red Sox rookie Babe Ruth hit his first home run, one of three hits, on May 6, 1915.  The young pitcher hit his inaugural homer off Yankees’ hurler Jack ‘Crab’... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• ‘Mickey and Willie,’ by Allen Barra

  

  For the last few weeks, I spent my commutes to and from work, as well as my time in the car running errands and driving back and forth to Kansas City,... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Quote of the Day

  

  The human hand is made complete by the addition of a baseball. ~Paul Dickson Read more

  Posted on 03 May 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• “A Few Meditations on the Tightly- Wound Baseball,” by Bill Meissner

  

  As a hitter, there’s nothing like that feeling of the ball launching off your bat and sailing farther than you ever thought you had the strength to hit it.  I... Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball: Feller’s Second No-hitter

  

  Indians pitcher Bob Feller threw the second no-hitter of his career on April 30, 1946.  He struck out eleven batters (and allowed five walks) as the Indians... Read more

  Posted on 30 April 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Review: Stuart Banner’s “The Baseball Trust: A History of Baseball’s Antitrust...

  

  I wrote this book review for a class that I took almost two years ago.  One of the topics we covered in said class revolved around the steps towards getting... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Quote of the Day

  

  Baseball is an island of activity amidst a sea of statistics. Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball

  

  In a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates on April 25, 1905, outfielder Jack McCarthy of the Cubs gunned down three base runners at home plate. Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Doc Adams and the Laws of Baseball

  

  While I’ve heard the name Doc Adams before, though my familiarity was merely a vague one — and, really, continues to remain vague at the present time. ... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Royals Vs. Tigers, April 21st

  

  I’ve been in the process of moving these last few weeks, which left me without internet at home for a good chunk of time.  This has made it difficult to keep... Read more

  Posted on 24 April 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Quote of the Day

  

  It’s unbelievable how much you don’t know about the game you’ve been playing all your life. ~Mickey Mantle Cultural Read more

  Posted on 21 April 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball: Opening Day Double Header

  

  April 20, 1903 was Opening Day at Huntington Avenue Baseball Grounds in Boston, Massachusetts.  8,376 fans watched on as the Americans defeated the Athletics 9-... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• “It’s a Beautiful Day for A Ballgame,” by The Harry Simeone Songsters

  

  Well, the weather in the Kansas City area today doesn’t quite agree with the “it’s a beautiful day” part of this song, being overcast and rainy, but as the any... Read more

  Posted on 18 April 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Jackie Robinson Day

  

  In honor of Jackie Robinson Day, this year I decided to simply go with a handful of basic facts about this celebrated ballplayer. Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Quote of the Day

  

  A club, to be a winner, should have a corking good catcher, a star at either short or second, and one in center field. Give a team three such men in those... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• “A Poem About Baseballs,” by Denis Johnson

  

  This poem is from The Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations Millennium General Assembly: Poems Collected and New, published in 1995. Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS