Outside of the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.
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A Sham of a Hall

Every year a hubbub is made about who is or isn’t getting inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. I get why, and I won’t try and be the contrarian arguing that I don’t care. I most certainly do care about certain players, coaches, and personalities getting their just due. That’s what matters the […]

Tsuyoshi Wada on the hill for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.
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The Long Road Back

Baseball is full of players who amass interesting careers. Some accomplish a lot, some accomplish very little, and even others are simply ballplayers who never accomplish a single thing worth noting. Then there are the players who were once great but now are merely good. They are a rare breed, far more common are the […]

General McArthur running the bases for his Junior College team.
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General, My General

Baseball is the grandest game of them all. I am known to tell this to all who will listen, and quite often. Because of its long history, the one area where I am convinced that baseball has every other sport beat is in the player name department. I’m sure those who follow other sports will […]

Bryant Flete at-bat for the Southern Illinois Miners.
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Frontier League Cubbies

For those who don’t know the Frontier League is an unaffiliated league operating out of the midwest. Teams in the FL come from Ohio, Illinois, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, Missouri, and Indiana. Of the ten teams in the league five are based in Illinois cities, which is, you know, a lot. It’s also a league with plenty […]

Greg Tagert, manager of the Gary SouthShore RailCats, holding a tryout.
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Managing to Win

My girlfriend and I have season tickets to the Milwaukee Milkmen. For those unaware, the Milkmen play in the American Association and thus are an unaffiliated team. The two games we went to last week both featured the Gary SouthShore RailCats as their opponent. Both games were fun and featured plenty of baseball action. One […]