by Ron Sokol | May 25, 2019 | Baseball History
The incomparable Abbot and Costello routine starts with Who…. he’s on first. “Who are you? Who who, who who….” The Who, the rock group, asked that very question in one of their well known songs. Baseball in fact is a Who’s Who. ...
by Ron Sokol | Apr 27, 2019 | Baseball History, Beautiful baseball, Fans, Humor, Insight, Silly
“He was so inspired” “How inspired was he?” “He was so inspired he created the sun, the moon, the planets, the stars, oceans, plants, air, music, space, colors, animals, humans, insects, fish, rocks, mountains, prairies, ice, the...
by Ron Sokol | Apr 24, 2019 | Analysis, Baseball History, Columns, Fun, Humor, Insight, Uncategorized
“CELEBRATE GOOD TIMES… COME ON!” — Kool & the Gang When something goes well in the ball game, we might high five, fist pump, jump up, hug, yelp with delight, do a dance, I mean, there are a lot of options. But, wait a second… the bat...
by Ron Sokol | Apr 12, 2019 | Baseball History, Beautiful baseball, Columns
Serendipity is defined as an unplanned, fortunate discovery. You see, we were in Tennessee. Some of the folks in our group are history buffs, which meant a longish-stop-over at the home of our seventh President, Andrew Jackson (aka “ol’ Hickory”)....
by Ron Sokol | Mar 30, 2019 | Baseball History, Humor, Quiz
There’s a gentleman named George Will. He is a conservative thinker, commentator, prognosticator, author, as well as a big time baseball fan. Each year for a number of years he has a quiz that is presented with Opening Day. Here it is for 2019. Good luck!...
by Ron Sokol | Mar 27, 2019 | Baseball History, Beautiful baseball, Humor, Pitchers, Uncategorized
The games lasts 3 hours, at least. Four balls. Four balls until you walk. Not run… walk. Guys come in from the bull pen, so let’s all pause. And, it takes three strikes to get rid of a batter. In the mean time how many foul balls will he hit before he...
