Dentro del parque (Inside the park)
“Corre, corre que la pelota se le perdió entre los arbustosâ€. Los muchachos saltan a un lado del solar de asfalto, el bate todavÃa rueda sobre la superficie plástica espolvoreada con motas de...
View ArticleEl Irlandés Silbador (The Whistling Irishman)
Hace alrededor de unos tres años recibà un correo de SABR (Sociedad Americana de Investigadores de Béisbol) solicitando aficionados que quisieran escribir alguna anécdota sobre el magnÃfico...
View ArticleEl Juego de Estrellas que nunca olvidaré (The All Star game I’ll never...
Siempre recordaré la noche del 14 de julio de 1970. Papá me habÃa enviado a la cama por enésima vez. Lo disputado del Juego de las Estrellas hizo que accediera a mis solicitudes para que me dejara...
View ArticleChuck Tanner: El manager que siempre veÃa oportunidades de ganar. (Chuck...
Probablemente la madre de Tanner le habló de las hazañas de Honus Wagner, Bill Abstein, Fred Clarke, Vic Willis, Howie Camnitz, Lefty Leifield y todo el equipo de los Piratas de Pittsburgh que ganó...
View ArticleEl Látigo versus Roberto Clemente
La noticia del avión en el aeropuerto de Maracaibo habÃa estallado en nuestra habitación. Felipe y Jesús Mario hablaban de un juego entre Venezuela y Puerto Rico luego de la temporada 1967-68. Sus...
View ArticleEse tipo de héroe. (That kind of hero)
Hay temporadas que son consideradas como el tope de una carrera. En ellas un pelotero lo hace todo por su equipo, desde animar a los compañeros en el dugout hasta discutir con los árbitros. El...
View ArticleFeature Film on Roberto Clemente in the Works
A little bit of baseball died on Dec. 31, 1972 when Roberto Clemente was killed trying to deliver food and supplies to the earthquake ravaged people of Nicaragua. Back in Clemente’s baseball hometown...
View ArticleA Real Dandy
Juan Marichal won more games than anyone in the 1960s. That’s some accomplishment for the “Dominican Dandy” who began playing ball using branches for bats and socks wrapped around golf balls for...
View ArticleA Unique Walk-Off
I attended a SABR meeting of the Connie Mack Chapter in June of this year. It was held at Waterfront Park in Trenton, New Jersey. This is home to the Trenton Thunder, the ‘AA’ affiliate for the New...
View ArticleMy Visit to the Sports Immortals Museum
Hey baseball fans! During the recent break, I went to Florida to visit my grandparents, Aron and Salome, and I visited the Sports Immortals Museum in Boca Raton, Florida. There, I got to look at 1% of...
View ArticleMy Top Five Fall Classics In MLB History
Hey baseball fans! Today, I want to tell you about my favorite Fall Classics in baseball history!! My only rule is this: no World Series will be in this list that happened in the last ten years. So,...
View ArticleRemembering Pittsburgh from the “We Are Family” Era
Back when Fisher Bodies were made of steel that was cooked in blast furnaces in Pittsburgh, there was a great baseball team that played along the Allegheny River called the Pittsburgh Pirates. Despite...
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