Precious Sanders

LATEST ARTICLES ( 1953 )

• Behind-the-back Trick Pitch

  

  For a dose of humor, here’s a video featuring a pitch tossed behind the pitcher’s back, complete with a full overhand pitching motion. Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2015 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball

  

  Cy Young winner Greg Maddux signed with the Atlanta Braves on December 9, 1992.  The five-year, $28 million contract was the most lucrative guaranteed contract... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2015 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Quote of the Day

  

  Baseball is reassuring. It makes me feel as if the world is not going to blow up. ~Sharon Olds (American Poet) poetryfoundation. Read more

  Posted on 08 December 2015 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• The Natural, by Bernard Malamud

  

  I finished reading Bernard Malamud’s The Natural this past week, and I continue to marvel at how different the original story played out compared to the Robert... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2015 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• “Nolan Ryan (He’s A Hero To Us All),” Jerry Jeff Walker

  

  Here’s a song by Jerry Jeff Walker, appropriately country, to salute the great MLB pitcher, Nolan Ryan.  The lyrics do a great job of summarizing Ryan’s career. Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2015 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball: Draft Rules

  

  On December 4, 1964, baseball owners voted to use a free-agent draft that involved clubs selecting players every four months in the inverse order of the previou... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2015 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Quote of the Day

  

  You argue with an umpire because there’s nothing else you can do about it. ~Leo Durocher Baseball Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2015 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• George Carlin on Football and Baseball

  

  I’ve heard a handful of lines from this routine before at several different times.  To be honest, I feared hitting the play button when I came across this... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2015 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Osaka Stadium

  

  Located in  Naniwa-ku, Osaka, Japan and owned by Osaka Stadium Corporation, Osaka Stadium was built in 1950 over the site of a tobacco plant that had... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2015 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Quote of the Day

  

  I don’t care how long you’ve been around, you’ll never see it all. ~Bob Lemon Read more

  Posted on 28 November 2015 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Happy Thanksgiving!

  

  Have a safe and wonderful holiday, don’t eat too much, and just remember… less than three months to Spring Training! Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2015 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Ken Johnson’s No-hitter

  

  Washington Post Ken Johnson passed away this past week, on November 21, 2015.  I’m not sure I ever even heard of him until I saw the news story about his... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2015 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Tony Gwynn’s Hall of Fame Induction Speech

  

  We lived in southern California about the time I started becoming interested in sports.  My older brother always had sports on the TV, which meant a steady... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2015 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Quote of the Day

  

  Us ballplayers do things backward. First we play, then we retire and go to work. ~Charlie Gehringer Read more

  Posted on 23 November 2015 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Little League World Series Age Test

  

  Here’s an amusing graphic I found with some convincing steps to prevent overage kids from participating in the Little League World Series.  I particularly like... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2015 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• This Day in Baseball: American All-Stars Face Eiji Sawamura

  

  Seventeen-year-old Japanese pitcher, Eiji Sawamura, took the mound against a team of touring All-Star players from Major League Baseball on November 20, 1934. Read more

  Posted on 20 November 2015 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Quote of the Day

  

  I wish I’d been born a second baseman. ~Tallulah Bankhead Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2015 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Cirque Du Soleil First Pitch

  

  Here’s a fun first pitch — this Cirque du Soleil performer threw out the first pitch at a Padres game in 2011.  This would be an interesting way to throw off th... Read more

  Posted on 17 November 2015 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• Baseball 101: Framing

  

  Framing is the art of making a pitch that is near the strike zone appear to be a strike when it may not actually be one. A catcher, who can frame well, can be... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2015 BASEBALL, SPORTS

• The Infinite Baseball Fields of America

  

  I love this image.  It reflects the idea that, technically, a ballpark does not end with the outfield wall, but rather that the foul lines extend to infinity. Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2015 BASEBALL, SPORTS