Precious Sanders

LATEST ARTICLES ( 1953 )

• Quote of the Day

  

  The game has a cleanness. If you do a good job, the numbers say so. You don’t have to ask anyone or play politics. You don’t have to wait for the reviews. Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• “The First Baseball Game,” by Nat King Cole

  

  I’ve never heard anyone try to use baseball to make biblical references before and I’m not sure I’m really a fan of it.  But Nat King Cole gave it a try in 1961... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Graphic: Ruth Traded

  

  I don’t know who created this graphic, but it’s pretty brilliant.  (It seems highly unlikely that it is a genuine front page from the time, but someone please... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Quote of the Day

  

  The Big Trouble is not really who isn’t in the Hall of Fame, but who is. It was established for a select few. ~Rogers Hornsby Read more

  Posted on 05 January 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• More Calvin & Hobbes Baseball

  

  I’m a huge fan of Calvin Hobbes (who isn’t?), and their baseball-themed strips are no exception.  In much the same way they do with Calvinball, they make up... Read more

  Posted on 04 January 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• “A Swing and A Miss,” by J. Patrick Lewis

  

  This piece by J. Patrick Lewis was published in Light Quarterly in 1954.  It presents some lively descriptions of the various pitches a batter faces at the... Read more

  Posted on 02 January 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Happy New Year!

  

  Only about a month-and-a-half to Spring Training and the start of a new baseball season! Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Quote of the Day

  

  Ballplayers are born. If they are cut out for baseball, if they have the desire and the ambition, they will make it. That’s all there is to it. Read more

  Posted on 30 December 2015 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball: Challenging the Reserve Clause

  

  On December 29, 1969, the New York Times reported that Curt Flood planned to challenge the reserve clause by suing Major League Baseball. Read more

  Posted on 29 December 2015 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• I Had A Hammer, by Hank Aaron

  

  Hank Aaron’s autobiography was the final book of the Literature of Baseball course I sat in on this fall semester.  I did not finish reading the book by the... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2015 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Quote of the Day

  

  Let’s play two. ~Ernie Banks AP Photo Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2015 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Happy Holidays!

  

  Whatever holidays you find yourself celebrating this time of year, I hope they are wonderful for all! Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2015 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball

  

  Owners of the emerging American League met on December 22, 1899 in an attempt to strategize a way to substantiate themselves in the face of an... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2015 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Pee Wee Reese’s Hall of Fame Speech

  

  Pee Wee Reese’s induction speech for the Baseball Hall of Fame is short and sweet, which I find kind of nice on this slow Monday morning.  Reese was a 10-time... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2015 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Little League Player Stereotypes

  

  Here’s another humorous Little League graphic stereotyping players according to their positions.  Some of these have been uncannily accurate in my own... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2015 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Quote of the Day

  

  I have discovered in twenty years of moving around a ballpark that the knowledge of the game is usually in inverse proportion to the price of the seats. Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2015 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• “A Baseball Song (Third Was the Fence),” Michael J. Hays

  

  I like the nostalgia of this song and the fact that the artist includes a little bit of background at the beginning of the video.  I’m sure many of us can... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2015 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Pessimists Vs. Optimists

  

  This scoreboard reminds me of a lot of Royals postseason games this past year. Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2015 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Quote of the Day

  

  I swing big, with everything I’ve got.  I hit big or I miss big.  I like to live as big as I can. ~Babe Ruth General Photographic Agency/Getty Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2015 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• “A Tip To Teddy,” by Grantland Rice

  

  Theodore Roosevelt, it seems, did not think highly of the game of baseball.  This revelation saddens me somewhat, as Roosevelt is one of my top two favorite... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2015 BASEBALL, SPORTS