Bob CollinsThe Trinidad Triggers play in the Pecos League, where players get about $50 a week to chase a dream that will elude almost of them. Oh, it’s not all baseball romance by a lot shot.
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Tag: Baseball
Baseball has been pushing hard for years to elevate ‘God Bless America’ to National Anthem status, specifically in a salute to veterans and soldiers. It’s a nice sentiment and good business. Read more →
Steve Winfree has a lot of worries on his mind. He started dialysis in November and he needs a kidney for a transplant. But he’s not so consumed with worry that he can’t appreciate the excitement of opening a new pack of Topps baseball cards.
It’s a stress-relief hobby for him and his wife, Heather. Read more →
Anybody who knows baseball will tell you fans of the St. Louis Cardinals are the most savvy and knowledgeable of all baseball fans.
Today’s proof?
This fan didn’t need a glove to catch a foul ball. Read more →
Even if the pitcher grooved the pitch for a 45-year-old man, Kevin Millar’s curtain call for the St. Paul Saints on Saturday was baseball perfect.
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What’s more rare these days than the Twins staying within 10 runs of their opponents? A triple play. Even better: An around-the-horn triple play.
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Things worked out fine for the Tampa Bay Rays at Target Field on Friday night. They won 5-to-2 over the local nine.
Not so much, though, for Steven Souza Jr., who just missed catching Kenny Vargas’ fly ball to right field in the seventh inning. Read more →
David Ortiz’ book came out today and Minnesota Twins fans who idolize former manager Tom Kelly may want to skip it.
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Ronnie, whose real name is Ronald Wickers, is one of those fans from yesteryear, which makes sense since he’s 75 now.
He is — as they say — a character, one of those fans who becomes part of the entertainment. Some folks get tired of an old man yelling ‘Cubs…. Woo!’ through the whole game. Read more →
After the uproar this week when a player for the Baltimore Orioles reported he was the target of racist epithets at Boston’s Fenway Park, some fans gave Adam Jones a standing ovation the next night.
Heartwarming stuff. Everything cool now?
Nope. You can’t clap racism away. Read more →
The shame we feel in incidents like this is our brain’s way of telling us what our heart doesn’t want to accept: We own the racism that lives among us. Read more →
There is joy, and then there is the unbridled joy when you catch a homerun at a baseball game. Or so we imagine. Read more →
We tried to tell you, Chicago Cubs fans. The minute you won a World Series, you ceased to matter. You’re just another sports fan of a big money, winning team. You’re no big deal if you don’t suffer. Read more →
Because he has Down Syndrome, Alec Penney, of South Fargo, doesn’t get to play much on the Fargo South High School baseball team. He’s never gotten a chance to hit. Read more →
Here’s your daily dose of sweetness:
Kolt Kyler, 9, of Pierceton, Indiana, is apparently a pretty big Chicago Cubs fan and also a pretty good worker on the family farm. Read more →