Feeling very nostalgic this evening. Growing up I was not a great little leaguer. My batting average often flirted around the Mendoza line, even before there was such a thing. But the one thing I looked forward to every Saturday was NBC’s “Game of the Week” with Joe Garagiola and Tony Kubek. I would scatter…
Tag: History
Baseball history in a box
Baseball cards. A lost tradition. I’m not sure exactly when or why I started collecting them. I mean, sure, I played little league, starting in 3rd grade, so 1972, and sure enough, with the exception of a few I have purchased on eBay, that’s when my collection started. My purchases were limited to whenever we…
A rainout but not a washout
This week’s stop on the magical minor league mystery tour took me to Municipal Stadium in Hagerstown, MD, where the Hagerstown Suns were looking to exact revenge against the Lakeland Blue Claws after Saturday’s 9-1 loss. But the baseball gods felt it was a good day for rain, and after a rain delay of 1:05,…
A Not-So-Hidden Gem of Baseball History and Fokelore
The answer is birthplace of Max Klinger and the “no springs, honest weight” company, home of Tony Packo’s, and two major league baseball franchises. The question – what is Toledo, OH? Wait a minute….. Toledo doesn’t have a major league team. Well, that’s partially true. Since the formation of the two remaining major leagues, the…
A Hidden Gem
Welcome to my little blog. I started (then stopped, and now started) a blog on blogspot about baseball a while back, and now I am moving here to MLBlogs! I try to capture the joy of the game, the innocence of growing up collecting baseball cards, and just watching games as a fan. I can…
All Things Ed 