More Rare Than Perfect
Beachwood Reporter
Apr 27A baseball feat that had never happened before and hasn't happened since. »
A baseball feat that had never happened before and hasn't happened since. »
It was Major League Baseball’s annual Jackie Robinson tribute on Sunday – the one where every single ballplayer wears Robinson’s uniform Number “42” on his uniform as a tribute to the first black ballplayer of the 20th Century in the “white” major leag... »
Among the emerging differences between Ozzie Guillen and Robin Ventura I wrote about a few posts back, perhaps the most noticeable is a renewed focus on drills. Ventura took it to new level earlier in the week by having his team take infield practice p... »
The real baseball season in Chicago begins Friday, yet the return of professional ball keeps making me think about the conditions that existed in this city some 36 years ago.64-97 I’m referring to 1976, which isn’t officially the worst combined season... »
Perhaps it is just the ultimate evidence of how mediocre-to-dreadful professional baseball is expected to be this season.They have evolved We’re a day away from Opening Day (although Chicago White Sox fans will correctly note that the season, for them... »
Real, major league baseball has been making isolated appearances in the Eastern hemisphere this week, and the bright lights from the spectacle only serve to put this shoddy Arizona facsimile of the game into unflattering relief. When will all the ding... »
I am still a huge Mark Buehrle fan. Despite his move to South Beach over another round on the South Side, I will support Buehrle and cheer him on. I will still collect his cards in a Marlins uniform. The only time I will ever root against Mark Buehrle ... »
Moose Skowron, a four-time All-Star first baseman who helped the New York Yankees win four World Series titles in the 1950s and 1960s, died Friday at Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights, Ill. He was 81.The Yankees and Chicago White Sox an... »