Play Ball! Mariners Win Season Opener In Japan
The Seattle Mariners and the Oakland Athletics raised the curtain on the 2012 Major League Baseball season in Tokyo, Japan this morning, in a well-played, extra-inning game that saw the Mariners prevail by a score of 3 to 1. A Tokyo Dome crowd of 44,000+ came to see their favorite
The Rangers + Royals Play Ball
Surprise Stadium is the Spring Training home to the Kansas City Royals and the Texas Rangers. Because they share the same stadium, they play each other frequently, so it makes sense that they should inaugurate their 2012 spring training season together. They promise to be interesting stories and it’s fun
My First Game Of 2012
I just had the pleasure of enjoying three hours on a warm, bright, breezy Saturday in Surprise, Arizona, watching the Oregon State Beavers defeat the Saint Louis Billikens by the score of 6 to 5. The engaging game was played before a modest gathering of roughly 350 people, most of
2012 Over – Same – Under Proposal
To My BBA Colleagues: This post is being sent out to the BBA Leadership, Chapter Presidents and the bloggers I have established relationships with. I’ve also placed the link on our BBA Facebook page. **************************************************************************************** Play Ball 2011. Last March I invited some of my baseball cronies to voice their
A Baseball Fan’s Super Bowl Sunday
I’m a baseball guy to the core, so the fact that today was Super Bowl XLVI held no real significance to me. But what to do on a day when everyone is inside watching football? Why, go out, of course. I hopped a cross-town bus and headed for the Marina
First Power Rankings Of 2012
I recently listened to the January 31st edition of ESPN’s Baseball Today podcast, which ranks high on my list of baseball-related activities, especially during the season when it’s on Monday through Friday. At the top of the show, co-hosts Eric Karabell and Mark Simon said they would give their first
More Bud = More Boredom
Early reports have surfaced indicating that Commissioner of Major League Baseball (MLB) Bud Selig will be offered a two-year contract extension that will prolong his reign through the 2014 season. The offer will be made after MLB team owners approve it while they are meeting this week in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Finding A Magical Postcard
I’ve been a baseball fan and a postcard collector for most of my life, and it’s fun when these two interests come together as they did a few months ago at a postcard show I attended at San Francisco’s Hall of Flowers in Golden Gate Park. I was leafing through a group
Enjoying The Off Season
The Hot Stove League is an expression that has its origins in the period of time when Baseball was THE undisputed King of sports in America. During the off-season, fans would escape winter’s chill by gathering around a hot stove, staying warm and talking about their team, its off-season moves
Arizona Fall League – 2011 Rising Stars Game
This evening I watched the Rising Stars Game, where the best Arizona Fall League players competed against each other. I enjoyed seeing it even though the West Division (Phoenix Desert Dogs, Surprise Saguaros, and the Peoria Javelinas) defeated the East Division (Mesa Solar Sox, Salt River Rafters, and the Scottsdale Scorpions) by
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