Dance-Off ’86
Not only did the Mets win 35 more games than the Dodgers in 1986, but they produced an exponentially better music video that year.
As I said yesterday, I figured there’d be more … Three additional points: You say that my final point (that the Braves are the ones manipulating history) is off-target because the media and MLB, and not the Braves, are the…
When I began this project, I really had no idea — or even expectations — of where it would go. I simply hoped to learn more about each of the players to go from South Bend to the big leagues…
David Wright swung and the ball shot into the air. I spotted it immediately against the ink-black sky, the white orb growing bigger as it flew closer. When you’ve been to enough ballgames, you know how to read fly balls,…
Is there no baseball etiquette anymore? What happened to the days when no one would mention a no-hitter in progress? Fans would wink and nod, but say no more. Announcers would work around it with phrases like, “the Mets have…
As we approach the final 24 hours of All-Star voting, here’s a look at the jerseys David Wright has earned so far. Above is 2006 in Pittsburgh, when he took Ryan Howard to the final round of the Home Run…
Great stuff here: a montage of black-and-white baseball photographs from the Dead Ball Era, set to the theme from The Natural. You’ll find a couple of pictures of Babe Ruth on the mound for the Red Sox, Ty Cobb at…
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Hilarious! The Mets one is great, obviously. However, I didn’t know that Dodger one existed before! Talk about cheesy 80’s!