Eric Gray is the author of Bases to Bleachers and Backyards to Ballparks. He’ll be in the Phoenix area, giving about his books, on the following dates: Friday, March 3, 6:30 pmSpokes Grill, 1470 E. Southern, Tempe Sunday, March 12, 7 pmClubhouse Grill, 14175 W. Indian School Road, Goodyear
We’re all set for our first in person meeting since 2019. It’ll be SABR Day 2023 on Sat. Feb. 4, our first live gathering since before the pandemic hit. It’ll be back over at the Eagles Buffet at Casino Arizona, 524 N. 92nd St. In Scottsdale right off the 101. We’ll lineup at noon, purchase the all you can eat […]
A presentation by author and Cactus League Historian Charlie Vascellaro in conjunction with “Play Ball” Exhibit at Mesa Historical Museum Tuesday, March 1, 20225:30-7:30 p.m.Mesa Historical Museum2345 N. Horne, Mesa AZ (Mesa, AZ) – “Life During Wartime” is a multi-media presentation on the foundation ofthe Japanese American incarceration camp baseball leagues in Arizona during WorldWar […]
By Jack Sommers As the MLB Lockout drags on with no end in sight, I’ve found myself wondering about the aftermath and potential ramifications, both short and long term. As anyone who follows the game at all knows, when the CBA expired on December 2nd, the owners chose to lockout the players. Since then negotiating […]
By Jack Sommers Evaluating the manager of an MLB team is a difficult task. Of course watching the team every day, and seeing how the manager handles various situations we can get a sense or feeling of how he is doing. But it’s almost impossible for us to separate our bias, whether it’s bias towards […]
By Jack Sommers “The Negro Leagues are the platform from which Jackie Robinson could stand in order to make his jump into the major leagues and have the success that he had “ ~Dr. Ray Doswell~ As a kid growing up in the 60’s and early 70’s in a 98% white suburban Long Island neighborhood, […]
70 Years Ago, Bobby Thomson became a legend with the Shot Heard Round the World. Mesa (AZ) author Evan Thompson, treasurer of the Hemond AZ SABR Chapter, is proud to announce the release of the first-ever game-by-game history of the Major League Baseball playoffs, which covers the Thomson blast and so much more. Thompson, who […]
By Charlie Vascellaro The first thing that came to mind upon hearing that 45-year-old Josh Rawitch was hired as the new president of the National Baseball Hall of Fame (he was 44 when it was announced) is how young he seems to be. Like his predecessor (once removed) and interim President Jeff Idelson, who was […]
By Barry BloomMajor League Baseball has had a rocky first half of the season save for one bright spot: Widespread vaccinations against the coronavirus have allowed consistency of play on the field and put thousands of people back in the seats. Otherwise, there’s been the crackdown on pitchers using sticky substances on the baseball, not to mention issues […]
By Evan ThompsonHow a team’s relief corps performs in the late innings of a tie game or while holding a narrow lead shows their true value. Some relievers are there for mop-up duty; some are there to keep their team from falling farther behind so their hitters have a chance to come back. But the […]