Category Archives: Baseball

PREVENTING ALL STAR GAME DISASTERS. In 2002, the All Star game had to be declared a tie after 15 innings when the teams ran out of pitchers. There was much criticism of the tie, and major league baseball responded by … Continue reading →

THE BONURA SALUTE. Also known as the Bonura Wave. Zeke Bonura was a good-hitting first baseman (lifetime batting average .307) who played for the White Sox in the 1930’s. Bonura led American League first basemen in fielding in 1934 and … Continue reading →

BASEBALL AND BALLET. Clive Barnes, the theater critic and dance critic, is an Englishman. Years ago, an editor had the idea of sending Barnes to review a baseball game in terms of dance. Barnes concluded that baseball may have influenced … Continue reading →

THE GREATEST CATCH THAT WAS NEVER MADE. I am not referring to a leaping catch by a ballgirl that was on the internet yesterday, and which turned out to be a commercial. This is a link to Rodney McCray running … Continue reading →

AMERICAN FANS. I will be thinking of the Japanese fans when I watch the Cubs/ White Sox series beginning tonight. I posted last year that I think of the fans as White Sox fans sitting beside Cub fans. These are … Continue reading →

JAPANESE FANS. One of my correspondents reported recently on attending a Japanese baseball game between the Hiroshima Carp and the Yomiuri Giants. There was standing room only so there was a choice between the Carp section left field and the … Continue reading →

ANSWER TO TRIVIA QUESTION. I have always liked trivia questions that require some guessing. In this case, the player is probably a good defensive player at an important defensive position, but one who was not a good enough hitter to … Continue reading →

FUNDAMENTAL PARTICLES ARRANGED BASEBALLWISE. In the division of labor in our marriage, Mary Jane does all the philosophy, and especially, all the metaphysics. The Times Literary Supplement for June 6 has a review by Terry Horgan of ORDINARY OBJECTS by … Continue reading →

JEAN SHEPHERD AND LUKE APPLING. Jean Shepherd, who wrote and narrated A CHRISTMAS STORY, was a White Sox fan (The father in A CHRISTMAS STORY is a White Sox fan). Shepherd said that if he had to go over the … Continue reading →