Posts Tagged ‘baseball’
I’m left handed but learned to play baseball right handed to save money.
We took our son to his first baseball on Father’s Day, heading over to New Britain Stadium to watch the AA Rock Cats take on the Trenton Thunder. We took our daughter, Clara, to her first baseball game in this same stadium when she was almost two years-old, but she was barely cognizant of the…
Read MorePitchers who intentionally hit batters are cowards
I don’t care if it’s the culture of the game. I don’t care if teammates are depending upon the retaliation for their own protection. I don’t care if the manager has ordered it. Real men don’t throw hard, rounded objects at high speeds in the direction of unsuspecting, defenseless men unless they are at war.…
Read MoreBaseball pitchers are cowards. All of them.
Last night Red Sox pitcher Ryan Dempster threw four consecutive pitches at Alex Rodriguez. The first nearly hit him in the legs. The next two were tight inside. The fourth finally hit him in the elbow and ribs. Your browser does not support iframes. These pitches were intentional. No one debates this. Obviously Dempster is…
Read MoreNetwork television turns a baseball fan into the butt of a joke. Is this okay?
I’m torn. On the one hand, I love this video. There is nothing better than watching a muscle-bound man struggle with someone so inconsequential. All those hours spent lifting iron has apparently done this gorilla no good. But on the other hand, this also strikes me as akin to the cowards who take surreptitious photographs…
Read MoreExposing the lunatic Little League coaches for who they really are.
Here’s an idea I’m considering: Write a blog that examines the youth baseball culture in my town and/or neighboring towns, with specific emphasis on assessing and critiquing the coaching style and the overall effectiveness and efficacy of the adults involved. It’s recently come to my attention that although most of the coaches and parent volunteers…
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