Precious Sanders

LATEST ARTICLES ( 1963 )

• This Day in Baseball: Braves Changes

  

  On January 26, 1957, Joe Cairnes became president of the Braves, replacing Lou Perini.  Perini would best be remembered as the man who moved the Braves from... Read more

  Posted on 26 January 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Texting Signals

  

  This may be a reality sooner than we realize. cartoonstock.com Read more

  Posted on 24 January 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Quote of the Day

  

  I’ve always approached spring training as I have something to prove. ~Jamie Moyer Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• “The Night Game,” by Robert Pinsky

  

  I like the bald honesty of this piece.  As much as many folks don’t like to think about it, race and ethnicity have played a role in the history of baseball. Read more

  Posted on 21 January 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball

  

  Henry Mathewson, the younger brother of Christy Mathewson, signed with the New York Giants on January 20, 1906.  The younger Mathewson did not prove to be as... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Spring Training Countdown

  

  With the Packers’ loss this weekend, football season is over as far as I’m concerned.  Nothing left to do but focus on baseball.  One month to Spring Training... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Quote of the Day

  

  Baseball must be a great game to survive the fools who run it. ~Bill Terry Read more

  Posted on 17 January 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Friday Morning Jokes

  

  The way this day has started, I can already tell it’s going to be struggle to get to the weekend.  Therefore, in an attempt to lighten the mood, we have more... Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Infographic: The Age of the Yankees

  

  I’m at an age where I’ve started noticing that many professional baseball players are younger than I am.  As a Royals fan, virtually the entire team that I... Read more

  Posted on 14 January 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball: Brooks Robinson Elected to HoF

  

  On January 12, 1983, Orioles Gold Glover Brooks Robinson became the 14th player to be elected to the Hall of Fame in his first year of eligibility.  Also electe... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2016 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• 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