This year the Lovemyteam.com Fan Friendly Seal of Approval recognizes 4 Major League Baseball players for their generosity of spirit towards baseball fans everywhere and also for their recognition of the fans’ importance to the game.
We couldn’t have gotten 4 more deserving candidates.  In the past, we have celebrated 5 players per year, but the [...]

One might think that headline pertains to great sweeping social change, but really its just means that we are about to see the batting helmets of the past 3 years disappear.  MLB has agreed to require all minor leaguers to wear the S100 model helmet next season, and Rawlings is sending three different models to [...]

Interestingly, David Waldstein wrote a piece about the new Rawlings batting helmet which will protect a hitter from a 100mph fastball.  The piece quoted many players saying it was too ugly to actually wear.  Only David Wright suggested safety was the most important thing.  I am guessing his order for the new helmets had not [...]

So this one has been stewing in my head for about a week, though the All-Star stuff moved it to the side for a bit.  But now that we are back to baseball, and the Mets are back to losing, I think it might be important to hash this out.
For months, Mets fans have been [...]

So last week, when I was out at CitiField, I was sitting next to two gentleman, one who might be the first David Wright-hater I have ever encountered.  He really didn’t hate him, but David had been struggling, trying to hit everything the other way, and really looked bad at the plate, so this gentleman [...]