Jeff Kent: Hero or villain?
Jeff Kent announced his retirement from professional baseball today, ending an outstanding career as a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Kent has always brought out mixed feelings in me, and a lot of...
View ArticleThe Negro Leagues Museum in Kansas City
To my shame and disappointment, I have yet to visit the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. I will get there one of these days. That’s a solemn vow. But I have had the unequalled pleasure of...
View ArticleDon’t knock the Rock: An update
One of the joys of blogging is when a post triggers a reaction in someone or enables you to learn something new. My recent post on the 50th anniversary of Rock Colavito’s four-homer game brought a...
View ArticleCooperstown Ball Cap’s awesome collection
As one might expect of someone who blogs about baseball caps, I spend a little bit of time every now and then scouting the Internet for information on the subject. In a serendipitous search last night,...
View ArticleRickey Henderson enters the Baseball Hall of Fame
The only question about Rickey Henderson entering the Baseball Hall of Fame is whether the engraver can catch him to record his image on his bronze enshrinement plaque. Henderson was the ultimate...
View ArticleThe Big Hurt hangs up the spikes
Frank Thomas announced his retirement Friday after an outstanding career with the Chicago White Sox. He split his last few seasons with the Toronto Blue Jays and Oakland Athletics, but in the public...
View ArticleA tip of the cap to Paul Waner, in memory of my father
Paul Waner Originally uploaded by doug.goodman Had cancer not claimed him years ago, my father would have celebrated his 90th birthday today. Dad handed down to me many values, not the least of which...
View ArticleThese are no “average Joes” in the Baseball Hall of Fame
At the risk of getting a little too religious by running two Catholic-themed posts in the same week, I write today – on the feast of St. Joseph – to note all the “Joes” in the Baseball Hall of Fame....
View ArticleWhat cap will Manny Ramirez wear on his Hall of Fame plaque?
That’s a question that’s likely to remain hypothetical. Manny Ramirez slipped away quietly into retirement Friday after it was revealed he flunked a drug screening. Unless some future commissioner...
View ArticleLesson's Learned: Sleep With One Eye Open
Reblogged from The On Deck Circle: Honestly, I was not going to comment on yesterday's Hall of Fame voting results. Too many keyboards have suffered enough over that topic the past couple of days....
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