A tale of two All-Stars that’s almost as long as something
Charles Dickens would write.
The First Inning
ETHAN — The broadcast started with the first pitch, no
pre-show, no Gillette commercials, so I looked up the line-ups on ...
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1960 World Series – Game #1
The first time I had lunch with Bill Virdon, he told me about his Spring Training with the Yankees, the team who signed him after watching him at an open tryout in Branson, Missouri. The Yankees had young superstar Mickey Mantle as their ...
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Sophie’s Shark Dive
“On a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 being, ‘This is the best day of my life,’ how excited are you for the Shark Dive?” I asked Sophie as we were driving for an early lunch at Chick-fil-A.
Sophie thought about her answer just long enough ...
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Off-Season Baseball
“People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.”
— Rogers Hornsby
“None of the windows in my house have a good view.”
— Me
Now that the ...
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Second Chances
Baseball Seams Company gives baseballs a second chance. Baseballs that are waterlogged, scuffed, lopsided, with torn laces or covers are given the opportunity to become something new — art, keychains, necklaces, cufflinks. I’ve carried ...
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