Swing away
Hello. My name is Vic, and I play baseball for a living. It’s a great gig that I wouldn’t trade for anything in the world, even though I’m not a real person. However, because it’s Minor League Baseball, I’m not going to get rich any time soon. If I [...]
Let’s go, batter up
Spring and summer are time for baseball. It has been called “America’s pastime” for a reason. It is a look back to that riparian Eden of myth where we can play a game between the white lines that is bound by no definite amount of time. Only [...]
For the love of the game
For sports fans, there is a currency of trust and admiration that we place in our favorite players. For the span of two to three hours, we make personal loans of our time and money in order to watch them perform. In return, they give [...]
Season’s over, but I can stop thinking baseball; it’s like installment loans for my soul.
Allow me to explain. I’m a fanatic, and I’m certainly not alone.
Baseball has captivated the American imagination since its origins as a gentleman’s game on green pastures. It is a game with its own poetry of [...]
Curt Schilling Retires | An Outspoken Warrior (Pt. 2)
His opinions came like a high-inside fastball
Curt Schilling has retired from baseball. CLICK HERE if you missed part one of this tribute to the warrior and fair drubbing of Ken Davidoff for his off-base characterization of a free-thinking man who challenges Davidoff, New York and Newsday’s tender sensibilities. Seems like [...]