Arizona Fall League – Part 2
Dateline – Phoenix: I’m in the Valley of the Sun for three more days. Because the Arizona Fall League (AFL) does not play games on Sundays, my plan was to see games on Saturday, October 22nd and Monday, October 24th. However, I’m having such a blast with the sisters that
The Arizona Fall League – Part 1
Dateline-Phoenix: Last week I combined two joyous parts of my life, family and baseball, by visiting my two older sisters and watching several Arizona Fall League baseball games. Last year my sister Nancy retired to Sun City West, joining my sister Susan, who nine years ago retired to nearby Surprise, both
The 2011 World Series
For me, each new World Series is like a holiday gift. You never know what you’re going to get. Will it be fun? Will it be enjoyable? Will it be memorable? As I sit down to watch the first game of this year’s World Series, I can’t resist the urge
Progress Report # 2
In late March I invited a group of friends to voice their opinions on a series of predictions pertaining to the San Francisco Giants 2011season. This took the form of responding to a series of statements with one of three opinions, “under,” “the same” or “over.” On August 6th, I
Three Cheers For Bryan Stow!
Father, husband and San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow stated his first words in almost six months yesterday. For more information on this thrilling development in his recovery, here is the link to the story I read on Yahoo’s MLB page yesterday: http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Giants-fan-Bryan-Stow-speaks-his-first-words-sin;_ylt=AgOptxpLAlPmLo5P2cg90R8RvLYF?urn=mlb-wp20472 Here is the link to the family
Historic Baseball Treasures
Stars from the Philadelphia Phillies Hall of Fame Rube Waddell Judy Johnson Jim Bunning Roy Campanella Mickey Cochrane Billy Hamilton Richie Ashburn Frank “Home Run” Baker Robin Roberts Reggie Jackson
It’s A First!
When the New York Yankees played the Minnesota Twins today it was the first time in baseball history that two players with 600 home runs and one player with 3,000 hits appeared in the same game. That’s notable and the team here at Grubby Glove wanted to bring it to
Hitting For The Cycle – Part 3
In this, the shortest and last of my three-part series on hitting for the cycle, I want to recognize the four teammates on the Oakland Athletics whose combined efforts on July 28, 2011, resulted in a natural one. Here they are: First, Hideki Matsui singled Next, Josh Willingham doubled David
Hitting For The Cycle – Part 2
In this, the second of a three-part series, I will define a “natural cycle” and highlight a few of the players who have hit them. Natural cycles occur when the player hits the single first, the double second, the triple third and the home run last. My research revealed this has been
Hitting For The Cycle – Part 1
This is the first of a three-part post on hitting for the cycle, which occurs when a batter hits a single, double, triple and home run in the same game. The hits do not need to occur in this sequence, and in fact rarely do. From 2006 to 2010, an
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