Now pitching, from ‘3rd Rock’
Not only is Tim Lincecum an outstanding, two-time Cy Young Award-winning hurler for the San Francisco Giants, but he was also pretty good on 3rd Rock from the Sun* in his youth. (*I had to keep reminding myself not to…
Not only is Tim Lincecum an outstanding, two-time Cy Young Award-winning hurler for the San Francisco Giants, but he was also pretty good on 3rd Rock from the Sun* in his youth. (*I had to keep reminding myself not to…
Love this photo of former teammates Tom Seaver and Nolan Ryan at the 1972 All-Star Game in Atlanta. The pic comes from the outstanding Steve’s Baseball Photography Pages, which I’ve casually browsed through before but had not fully investigated. This…
Sports Illustrated‘s review of the decade included the best of the magazine’s Sign of the Apocalypse and They Said It features from the front of the book, and my favorite subset of that segment was a breakout box they did…
Tiger Stadium is gone and, sadly, Ernie Harwell is going. The legendary Tigers broadcaster was given the front page of today’s Detroit Free Press to write a heartfelt thank you column to fans.
So this just occurred to me. Have you seen the opening montage of Woody Allen’s Manhattan? It’s a slideshow of scenes from around New York — pretty much all of them in Manhattan — with Woody’s voiceover and Gershwin’s “Rhapsody…
I hadn’t heard the sad story of Greg Norton’s mother’s murder before, but it is told very well by MLB.com’s Braves beat reporter, Mark Bowman.
The Japanese team is excellent; I would like our victory in the Classic to be achieved at the expense of this team; a team that has tremendous technical expertise. I’m going to have to go through more posts to find…
I’ve been watching MLB Network here and there, both at work and at home, and I really should start keeping it on in the background or as my default channel for idle loafing. (“Idle loafing” — not oxymoronic, just hyper-loaf-like.)…
[NOTE: Updated, as you can see, with some of the pictures I took. I also embedded a great home video from 1982 Opening Day found on YouTube.] After having lunch with two dear friends this afternoon, I had four hours…