“People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball. I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring.”
— Rogers Hornsby
“None of the windows in my house have a good view.”
— Me
Now that the ...
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Baseball
Second Chances
Baseball Seams Company gives baseballs a second chance. Baseballs that are waterlogged, scuffed, lopsided, with torn laces or covers are given the opportunity to become something new — art, keychains, necklaces, cufflinks. I’ve carried ...
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Championship Sunday
Eleven weeks after tryouts.
Championship Sunday.
Photo courtesy of Doug Bryan
I spent time in the booth with Rance during the third-place game, playing Monty to his Harry Doyle. Dayne Shoff, the seniorest veteran in the league, ...
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The Cyclones Last Game
Photo courtesy of Mike Hudgens Photography
“There’s an excitement in the air and a crisp autumn chill in the wind that can mean one thing: It’s time for playoff baseball in the Ozarks,” Rance said.
Rance’s monologue on the first day ...
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The Postseason
On March 7, Josh and I made our postseason predictions
through the league championship games. Why we didn’t pick a World Series
winner, I don’t know.
I chose the Yankees and Mariners in the AL and the Braves
and Pirates in the NL. Josh ...
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