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“It never feels good, but I’ve had a couple of heartbreakers where I could have won the game, but instead ended the season, … You learn from that.” ~Chipper Jones

January 4, 2019

Baseball is a game of lots of ups and downs. It is a battle between the pitcher and batter. The …

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“Why should a grown man with a house, a family, two jobs and a cat named Will Feral … care about a bunch of millionaire 20-something strangers playing a boys’ game in baggy uniforms?” ~Charles Krauthammer 

October 30, 2018

As fans, I know we all feel this way. Some people just don’t get it. That is okay though. Enough …

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Baseball May Be Broken, but We Shouldn’t Try to Fix It — George Will

July 23, 2018

George Will knows his baseball. He is a professional political pundit but he knows baseball better I think. So did …

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“I’m married to football, baseball is my girlfriend.” ~Deion Sanders

December 7, 2017

This is a great quote and I think it tells the story. “I’m married to football,” Sanders said in a …

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“If you don’t win, you’re going to be fired. If you do win, you’ve only put off the day you’re going to be fired.” ~~Leo Durocher

October 25, 2016

Leo knew his baseball. And of course, this applies to the long history of the Atlanta Braves. If you don’t …

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“Oh…people will come Ray. People will most definitely come.” ~Terence Mann

April 20, 2016

“Ray. People will come, Ray. They’ll come to Iowa for reasons they can’t even fathom. They’ll turn up your driveway …

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Frank Robinson on Cal Ripken

March 30, 2016

When you are the Iron Man, the normal rules don’t apply to you. And Frank Robinson ought to know an …

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“It is a beautiful day for baseball.” ~Ernie Banks

October 20, 2015

Every day. Always. Forever. There is an attitude about living today that is energizing. It is a beautiful day for …

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“Baseball is too much of a sport to be called a business and too much of a business to be called a sport.” ~~Phil Wrigley

October 18, 2015

In what other profession can you be paid millions to show up to work in pajamas? Baseball is too much …

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Yogi Berra, New York Yankee catcher and manager, passes at 90 — RIP

September 23, 2015

America is mourning today, September 23, 2015, the passing of one of its true originals, Yogi Berra. He didn’t get …

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The Rip Van Winkle theory of baseball

September 2, 2015

There is something timeless about baseball. It does change but very slow sometimes. I believe in the Rip Van Winkle …

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Are there men on base?

December 2, 2014

It helps to have priorities. At least in baseball that is true. “If a woman has to choose between catching …

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