So strange to watch Kodi Whitley make his major league debut in front of empty seats. Such is baseball in the time of COVID-19. It’s still an escape from the monotony of mostly quarantining, and the anxiety caused by visiting…
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This guy – the best player from Warsaw since my cousin, Jerry Lumpe – or maybe Jeremy’s brother – was drafted in the second round by the Oakland A’s. (Jerry played for the Kansas City A’s at one point.) Can’t…
Earlier this year ago I sat down in the Missouri State University baseball players lounge with a shortstop from Warsaw, MO. He’s the best player from the area since, I suppose, his brother, who was drafted by Tampa Bay in…
I shot these during the St. Louis Cardinals/Springfield Cardinals exhibition at Hammons Field on March 31, 2017. I use a Sony A600. by
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…
A pitcher unleashed a ball toward the plate. But the ball swept off-target. The batter stood there with his bat on his shoulder. He winced. The catcher stabbed at the air with his glove. The ball hit the backstop with…
The ushers set up a throne, and fans wore yellow shirts and crowns praising their King. A grounds crew member cleaned up the pitching mound, white spray paint lingering in the Puget Sound breeze. This was the Diamondbacks bullpen. Catchers…
At first I found my base. And a former Cardinal, Colby Rasmus, who signed baseball cards when he had a minute. Last year’s AL batting champ, Jose Altuve, took his swings. That’s him on the left. I watched the first…