Precious Sanders

LATEST ARTICLES ( 1963 )

• 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

• 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