A couple of years ago, I got to run the Q&A at a Music Box Theatre’s screening of “We Believe: A Relationship That Lasts a Lifetime” in Chicago, IL. It was pretty exciting to actually lead a conversation about baseball with a large audience in a true baseball town. The following is a review of that film, a version of which appeared on the Music Box Theatre website last year. Directed by John Scheinfeld,...
Many, many moons ago, I was a young baseball fan growing up on the not-so mean suburban streets of Melbourne, Florida. Times were different back then. It was a time when you had to memorize phone numbers and Cheers ruled nighttime television. But despite the chaos and tumultuous times, there was one video (on VHS, of course) that always helped me though the darkest of days. It’s guiding light and steady beacon of humor...
Last week I finally saw Moneyball. While the baseball community knows Moneyball for its unique perspective on team building, Moneyball is also unique as a baseball movie. As in the book, Moneyball the movie focuses on the struggle of the Oakland A’s to rebuild after the departure of Jason Giambi, Johnny Damon, and Jason Isringhausen. While the story of plucky underdogs who make the playoffs after their superstars leave the team is not unusual...
I made it back to Dunedin after the rained out game of last week. I once again brought my video camera. This video has a little more game action because of course there was more game action to see. Thanks to the staff at Dunedin for letting me bring my camera and enjoy their wonderful stadium. Enjoy.
While in Florida, Tug Haines of CasualFan.org was kind enough to talk about our book, The Bus Leagues Experience. Be sure to follow Tug as he traverses most of the country watching Minor League Baseball.
The second game of the 2011 season. Completely frigid, and the Squirrels lost 7-1 to the New Britain Rock Cats, but at least there were fireworks afterward. And it was a night at the ballpark, which is always a good time.
Ladies and Gentlemen, as I did with Round 1 and Round 2, here are my favorites to win the 4th Annual Minors Moniker Madness Tournament. (I know, I missed Round 3. Sorry.)
Wait until the :35 second mark to see the only reason I felt obligated to post this. I believe those who enjoy classic films from the 1980s will fully support this decision. Also, I find it fascinating that the kid who played Chunk went on to become a lawyer, while the kid who played Mouth went on to become Corey Feldman.
I’m sitting in the press box at Merchantsauto.com Stadium, waiting for the Fisher Cats and Sea Dogs to get underway. Originally scheduled for 7:05, the game was delayed by the threat of a storm that arrived about ten minutes ago, bringing rain, thunder and lightning to the freshly tarped field. Watching New Hampshire’s staff execute a picture perfect tarp pull made me think of a video I saw on Rattler Radio a couple weeks...
Four years ago (I can’t believe it’s really been that long – I don’t think I even had a blog then), Arkansas’s Brian Walker earned a spot in Internet lore with this remarkable Academy Award-nominated performance against Ole Miss (ten million bonus points to anyone who can adequately explain why exactly he was so angry): If my math is correct, that incident occurred near the end of Walker’s sophomore season with the Razorbacks. Or...
2012 05 14 Scranton Wilks Barre/ Empire State Yankees vs Pawtucket Red Sox
