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If I could have a conversation with Stephen Strasburg 8 Sep 2012 | 07:47 pm
Video: Reading the letter on MLB Network Stephen, I’ve never met you but I’ve seen you pitch and you are special. I announced your debut on our MLB Network with Bob Costas and John Smoltz. I was very ...
Spring Training thoughts 26 Mar 2012 | 11:58 pm
It’s been a while since I’ve blogged and I owe several of you for your kind comments reacting to my posts. It’s a fun way to connect with you, and I’m sorry I can’t take the time to answer all of your...
Whoopie! It’s that time again 20 Feb 2012 | 03:38 am
Finally. The Super Bowl is history, golf season is under way and… pitchers and catchers have reported to Spring Training. Always an exciting time for baseball fans and teams. New faces will appear th...
Will we finally get The Real Deal? 20 Jan 2012 | 03:18 am
Yu Darvish. He appears to be the most successful, celebrated, hyped Asian pitcher to sign with a Major League team since Hideki Irabu. A couple of short stories about Asian pitchers and Irabu: I was ...
The Hall, Hanley and Pete, and the Miracle League 11 Jan 2012 | 04:49 am
Congratulations to Barry Larkin on being voted in to the Hall of Fame. I first saw him as a shortstop for the University of Michigan at the College World Series in Omaha back in the 1980s. Jim Abbott ...
REFLECTIONS ON 2011 1 Jan 2012 | 02:09 am
First, thank you to those of you who read my blog and to the nice comments I have received. It’s fulfilling for me to be a part of MLB Network both on television and on the internet. Keeps me in touch...
OUT BY A STEP 7 Dec 2011 | 02:56 am
About 10 years ago, the Shalin brothers, Mike and Neil, wrote a book about 100 players that just missed getting elected for the Baseball Hall of Fame because their career accomplishments fell just sho...
All deserving of the awards 24 Nov 2011 | 02:53 am
Been a while since I’ve blogged. Not a lot going on yet as the Hot Stove season is still pretty tepid. Guess the next “big story” will be… who is going to manage the Red Sox and restore some stability...
Wow! Another ‘Oh What a Night”! 14 Nov 2011 | 12:26 am
A little over a week ago I blogged about a great night I experienced at the MLB Players Alumni Association dinner in New York. Last Friday, courtesy of Rawlings Sporting Goods, I think I had an even b...
random stuff 7 Nov 2011 | 02:27 am
It’s Hot Stove season. Know what the term Hot Stove means? a lot of you long time fans know. Before some of the other sports became popular Baseball was “The Game”. Most kids who were gifted with athl...