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— An account by former college baseball coach Chris Sperry In Nashville, Tennessee, during the first week of January, 1996, more than 4,000 baseball coaches descended upon the Opryland Hotel for the 52nd annual ABCA’s convention. While I waited in line to register with the hotel staff, I heard other more veteran coaches rumbling…
Here are the top ten baseball players of the last 50 years (1970-2020) as selected by the fans in the By George Journal dugout. First, the honourable mentions go to Gary Carter, Thurman Munson, Mike Schmidt, Kirby Puckett, Rod Carew, Miguel Cabrera, Alex Rodriguez, Carlton Fisk, Joe Morgan, Don Mattingly, Rickey Henderson and pitching greats…
By George Journal consulted 10 reliable baseball sources to tabulate their respective selections for the best players of all time – and here are those magnificent players… The 10 sources used for this tabulation are The Baseball Almanac, Baseball Reference, MLB Rank, ESPN, The Score, Britannica, Bleacher Report, Ranker.com, Stadium Talk, and Line Ups. First,…
“Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona. Not all holes, or games, are created equal” – Journalist & Author, George Will “Baseball is an American icon. It is the Statue of Liberty, the bald eagle, ‘In God We Trust,’ Mount Rushmore, ice cream,…
Everybody marvels at Yogi Berra’s quotes. He is an unflappable treasure of the game… “Love is the most important thing in the world, but baseball is pretty good, too.” “Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets.” “If the people don’t wanna come out to the ballpark,…
There is perhaps no finer writer on the subject of baseball than sportswriter Thomas Boswell. In his brilliant book “How Life Imitates the World Series” Boswell does an admirable job of defining the attractiveness of the game. It’s a priceless description. Baseball constitutes a small, but fundamental, province of the American mind, a backwater of…
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“There are three types of baseball players: those who make it happen, those who watch it happen, and those who wonder what happens.” – Tommy Lasorda “Yesterday’s home runs don’t win today’s games.” – Babe Ruth “It’s hard to beat a person who never gives up.” – Babe Ruth “Never allow the fear of striking out…
“People ask me what I do in the winter when there’s no baseball. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.” – Rogers Hornsby “They give you a round bat, and they throw you a round ball, and then they tell you to hit it square.” – Willie…
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In Home Game, Roy MacGregor and Ken Dryden opine on the difference between Canada’s and America’s national games. It’s a striking contrast of the two sports: Baseball is America’s game. It is planned and orderly, the action starts and stops, and every next moment seems a brand new chance. Effort matters; skill matters more. Time…
There is perhaps no better month of the year for Canadian sports fans than April. This is the glorious time of year when the puck drops on the NHL playoffs and fans enjoy the first pitches of the baseball season. However, this year, like all things in life, it appears April has been cancelled. The…
The Yankee great on baseball, Yogi-isms and, well, the moniker “Yogi.” If I didn’t make it in baseball, I won’t have made it workin’. I didn’t like to work. For Christmas, I asked dad, “I want a baseball bat, a glove, and a ball.” He said, “Which one of the three do ya want?”…
Legendary New York Yankee baseball catcher (and beloved wise guy) Yogi Berra died today at age 90. The NY Yankees franchise began their tribute to their shining star in stirring fashion: A loss that unquestionably transcends the game has sent all of baseball into deep mourning. Yogi Berra — Hall of Famer, all-time Yankees legend,…