Jim Allen – Kyodo News: I’ve written about this in the past, but a baseball life is not linear. The idea that there is an easily definable beginning, middle, and end to a baseball career is erroneous at best and harmful at worst. Kyuki Fujikawa still trucking along at the age of 39 and taking […]
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Bridging the Two-Way Gap: Tris Speaker
Tris Speaker was once one of the best baseball players in the world. From 1909 until 1927 he was possibly the best player in baseball, and at the very least belongs in the same conversation with Babe Ruth, Joe Rogan, Ty Cobb, Honus Wagner, Oscar Charleston, etc. The memory of Speaker’s place in the game […]
The Current Baseball Talent Level
As a season ticket holder with the Milwaukee Milkmen I watch a lot of American Association baseball. Outside of Major League Baseball, it’s probably the league I watch the most baseball from these days. I’m a regular viewer of American Association TV and in general, find the league to be both a lot of fun […]
Who to Follow: Europe
It’s time to continue my journey through the people to follow when seeking out unaffiliated baseball coverage. This time out the area of play in question is Europe. There are a lot of baseball happenings throughout Europe. Baseball has become a sport on the rise in the majority of European countries. Being on the rise […]
A Trip to the Library: Baseball Gods in Scandal
Something I never expected when I started my own website was for people to approach me to review their book. Call me naive, but I still am a little floored whenever anyone clicks on an article let alone offers feedback or contacts me about anything related to the site. Needless to say, I was pretty […]