by Ron Sokol | Jan 19, 2020 | Baseball History, Beautiful baseball
I am a fan of baseball. Have been, and will be. Babe Ruth was a womanizing sleazy bum who has been wrongfully deified? Pete Rose, that jerk, who bet on baseball… Charley Hustle, right?. Charley Scumbag would fit better you say? And good ol’ Shoeless...
by Ron Sokol | Dec 2, 2019 | Baseball History, Beautiful baseball
1946 Jackie Robinson – George Shuba handshake to be memorialized by Ohio statue YOUNGTOWN, Ohio — A larger-than-life statue commemorating the inspiring 1946 handshake of Jackie Robinson, the first African-American Major League Baseball player, and George...
by Ron Sokol | Nov 5, 2019 | Baseball History, Beautiful baseball, Insight
50 is the new 30. Well, try telling that to my pitching arm… Truth is, age is part mental. You can feel very young, act young, and have a ton of energy, at an advanced age. Getting old is fine. Age brings wisdom, a greater astuteness, and a pride of self....
by Ron Sokol | Nov 1, 2019 | Baseball History
Babe: Incredible, the Washington D.C. team won the world series! Lou: No way… how long that’s been, over a hundred years? Babe: Yep. Lou: You sure they’re the D.C. team. Don’t they play in Baltimore? Babe: Louie, they’re the Nationals,...
by Ron Sokol | Oct 16, 2019 | Baseball History, Beautiful baseball
Goats get a bad rap. The general consensus is they are not all that bright, male and female typically have beards, they chew on tin cans (really?), most have horns, and they will not ever win a beauty contest. Frankly I am sympathetic. No goat ever did me any...
