I’m listening right now to the top of the 6th inning of the Phillies @ Marlins game, and I’m impressed with the simple yet straight-forward play-by-play calling of Larry Anderson. Anderson, who was somehow traded for Craig Biggio in 1990, has been known for being a jokster and down-to-earth ballplayer, coach, and now, broadcaster. InContinue reading “Baseball Radio Broadcasters”
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My Family at the Phillies on College Night
For years it has been a tradition in Philadelphia – sell-out Opening Day in early April, and then suffer several weeks of empty seats and lame crowds as games go poorly attended until the warmer weather of May. With a tradition of uninspiring teams, and temperatures in the 30s and 40s most April nights, anContinue reading “My Family at the Phillies on College Night”
My Fantasy Baseball Team
Happy Opening Day! (And a blessed Palm Sunday to you, too.) This is the forth year that I’m in a Yahoo! Sports Fantasy Baseball League with my wife’s family. My best showing, two years ago, was third place (out of 11 teams). Not that any of you really care, but here’s my team: Our leagueContinue reading “My Fantasy Baseball Team”
One week ’till Opening Day
The penultimate week of Spring Training is usually a time when I dust off my bobble head dolls, pull my Phillies jersey out from the closet, and go online to purchase tickets to a few games. But not this year. The Phillies, despite having six – SIX – verifiable starting pitchers (OK, maybe Adam EatonContinue reading “One week ’till Opening Day”
Black and Baseball
C.C. Sabathia, starting pitcher for the Cleveland Indians, has highlighted a sad reality of today’s baseball demographics – "there aren’t many African-American players" (story at ESPN here). Just years after retiring Jackie Robinson’s number throughout Major League Baseball, celebrating one of the seminal strides in the civil rights movement, fewer and fewer African-Americans are playingContinue reading “Black and Baseball”
The Lutheran Zephyr 