I know that home run talk is like fishing tales, and I’ve got a thesis full of those. Still, last Friday afternoon I sat in the front row by the visitors dugout at Hammons Field. A fan behind me asked if…
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He cracks the ball and races down the basepath, lunging to avoid the Missouri pitcher’s tag. And he falls to the ground. I don’t know him, Aaron Meyer, but I can imagine that as a child he wrapped rubber bands around his…
I’m working on an MA in nonfiction writing. In 2015, I wrote a research paper concerning happiness levels among Boston Red Sox fans after their beloved team finally won a World Series. The Hedonic Treadmill principle, essentially, maintains that humans adapt to…
I settled into my middle seat, next to a guy holding a catchers mitt in his hands and watching the wheels spin on other planes. But then he placed the mitt on his lap and turned his phone toward me,…
After the news of Marlon Byrd’s suspension for 162 games for PED use (again), I simply could not summon the words. Because I already have. If you missed it the first time, find my rendition of Carrie Underwood’s “Before He…
It so happened that a man didn’t like what another man said. So the first man took off his shirt and threw it on the ground. But he didn’t throw it on any pile of dirt: it was a more…
Check it out! A second video, this one inspired by steroid use AND Carrie Underwood’s hit tale of revenge! Share it! Text: Right now, he’s probably buying some high-dollar ‘roids Outlawed by the M-L-B Right now, he’s probably taking pills…
Oh Pete Rose: Who can say whether I’d gamble on my own games if I could. I know I shouldn’t. I might do it anyway. Maybe I’d resign myself to sitting in a folding chair behind a conference table, signing…
Somewhere on the screen of a smartphone, Charlie Morton began to lose control. Pittsburgh had to win, or face the the wild card playoff. Hell. In this case, a collection of baby bears. They haven’t grown up or they’d lose…