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Baseball’s Spring Training
True baseball fans (the dwindling numbers that remain) count down the time like a kid waiting for Santa: “Only 24 days till pitchers...
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Wiffle Ball
It’s the only game where Justin Verlander can try to strike out Babe Ruth, and Albert Pujols can take Sandy Koufax deep. Take a...
Read MoreKid Stuff: Baseball Cards
Don’t pay any attention to all those bandwagon jumpers who decided in the mid-80s that baseball cards were the investment of...
Read MoreSports: Ted Williams
Many baseball people consider Ted Williams the best pure hitter in baseball history. I’m certainly willing to go along with...
Read MoreSports: Sandy Koufax
No discussion of the best pitchers in baseball history would be complete without including Sandy Koufax. Though arthritis cut short his...
Read MoreSports: The Shot Heard 'Round the World
“The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant! The Giants win the pennant!” That famous...
Read MoreDirector: Ken Burns
It’s not as if Ken Burns invented the long-form, multi-part documentary. What he did was to bring a sense of style to archive...
Read MoreSports: Joe DiMaggio
When Giuseppe and Rosalia DiMaggio were processed at Ellis Island near the turn of the century, they expected they’d raise a new...
Read MoreSports: Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth was big. Not just his body, which to modern eyes looks like a shapeless lump perched precariously on fragile legs. The Babe was...
Read MoreKid Stuff: Little League
If you’re boy between nine and twelve, the most important place in the world isn’t Washington, DC. Or New York City. Disney...
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