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Baseball According to “Brockmire: ” A Look at the Game as Seen on TV
Baseball according to “Brockmire” is surprisingly accurate. The IFC series Brockmire, for those unfamiliar with the baseball-centric sitcom, is a biting portrait of the titular Jim Brockmire, a former...
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The 2018 Baltimore Orioles in History: An Ill-Advised, Premature Comparison
Chris Davis and his historically bad season is one of the reasons the Orioles are struggling this season. (via Keith Allison) Flirting with a sub-.300 winning percentage, the 2018 Baltimore Orioles...
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Rebuilding the Orioles in Peabody Heights
Peabody Heights Brewery was rebuilt after disaster, and the Orioles hope to be as well. (via Maryland GovPics) Buck Showalter is not coming back. Zach Britton isn’t coming in from the bullpen. Manny...
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Koob and Groom Double Down for the Browns
Ernie Koob’s no-hitter in 1915 didn’t come without some controversy. (via Library of Congress) Of all the pitchers who authored no-hitters, the consensus seems to be the most unlikely of all was the...
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Card Corner Plus: The Frank Robinson Story
(via Michelle Jay) Here’s one way to tell a difference between a casual fan and a diehard fan. The casual fan thinks of Frank Robinson as a fine player and the game’s first black manager. The diehard...
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Three Generations of “Mr. Cub”
Phil Cavarretta (left), Stan Hack (center) and Ernie Banks (right) all shared time as “Mr. Cub.” (via Public Domain) The phrase “face of the franchise” is relatively new in sports lingo, but baseball...
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The Secret Tales of Two Disappeared Ballparks
Forbes Field saw its fair share of baseball greats in its time. (via Marc Rochkind) I still remember my first time at a ballpark. It was late October, 1971. My beloved Navegantes del Magallanes...
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Three for the Memories
The baseball world lost Ron Fairly on October 30. (via Tony Angiblas) At one time, I considered myself a young baseball fan, a somewhat rebellious sort who read Bill James’ historical abstracts every...
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Question: What Would We Name the Team This Day? (American League)
At this rate, would anyone really oppose changing the “Angels” to the “Trouts”? (via Erik Drost) “You’ve got one day.” It’s a rhetorical staple of terribad cable movies, right? With the dirty bomb...
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