Yesterday was Induction weekend, and usually, I am there for the event.  That wasn’t possible this year, though I was up in Cooperstown on Friday to hear Bill Madden give a talk about his new book on George Steinbrenner.  Though not as crowded as an Induction Sunday, the town, and sidewalks, were pretty full. Especially [...]

Today is the celebration of the birth of our country.  Also, as the legend goes, is the birthday of George Steinbrenner. Love him or hate him, you cannot deny the impact his ownership has had on baseball and as this Wallace Mathews piece points out with the help of Bill Madden, you couldn’t write the [...]

With all the talk about anger management, I thought it might be fun to go back to one of the original angry men in baseball Ty Cobb for this week’s Tuesday Trivia contest.  The prize is a coffee table book about the Hall of Famers. To win the book, be the first person to [...]

Tim Wiles, Director of Research at the Baseball Hall of Fame, caught me being a little lazy earlier this week when I gave credit for a close, but inaccurate answer to the Trivia Question.   So I thought I would take just a moment and post the great poem by Ernest Lawrence Thayer printed first published [...]

I ended up spending a several hours at the Baseball Hall of Fame yesterday.  If you have never been, you should start planning your trip- especially if you are from the northeast United States.  While Induction weekend can be quite fun to see all the living greats who have played the game, these quiet off-season [...]