The Natural is a great movie, about the story of Roy Hobbs, and his comeback to baseball with the New York Knights at age 35.  When Hobbs was 19, he was a promising young pitcher who was granted a tryout by the Chicago Cubs.  At a carnival, Hobbs strikes out The Whammer, who is the league's leading hitter at the time, and draws the attention of a woman named Harriet Bird.  She is ob...

We’ve got September baseball happening now, and that’s always a good thing.  For it’s in September when it seems like the most exciting things happen.  The pretenders finally go away, the contenders either stay on board or crash and burn, and a team or two comes out of nowhere to make things interesting.  And this has been the case over the years, and it has kept f...

If you’re a baseball fan, and appreciate how the game is played and appreciate those who play it, you have to love Derek Jeter.  Even if you’re not a Yankees fan, you still have to grasp what this guy has done and how he has gone about doing it, and think about how refreshing it is.  He expects his teammates to do their jobs, tutors younger players, respects his manager, and ...

Whether you’re a follower, or play in the NFL, NBA, NHL or MLB, there are many things to consider.  The state of your team, where you are in the standings, what the future holds, and the safety of your players.  These are issues that every professional team has to deal with on a daily basis, and sometimes, when a particular organization is in the spotlight, it gets our attention.&n...

When it comes to baseball, there are a million things we can debate.  There are nine positions in which we could ask, “Who was the greatest of all time?”  Could Walter Johnson strike out Joe DiMaggio?  Which Yankees team was better: 1927, 1961 or 1998?  And for a more in-depth conversation, we could ask which the best baseball city in the country is.  St. Louis...