Fun Baseball Articles

“I have observed that baseball is not unlike a war, and when you come right down to it, we batters are the heavy artillery.” – Ty Cobb 1. DON’T GRIP YOUR BAT AT THE VERY END; leave say an inch or two. ALSO, LEAVE AT LEAST AN INCH OR MORE SPACE BETWEEN YOUR HANDS; that gives you balance and control ...

Along with ill-conceived promotions that have backfired over the years, baseball has also been the home to many strange gimmicks, used either to hype the game or simply to gain an advantage over an opponent. None is better remembered than the one engineered by Bill Veeck when he owned the old St. Louis Browns in 1951. The Browns were floundering ...

Yankee Stadium July 4, 1939 Fans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about a bad break I got. Yet today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth. I have been in ballparks for seventeen years and I have never received anything but kindness and encouragement from you fans. Look at these grand ...

Wertz hits it. A solid sound. I learned a lot from the sound of the ball on the bat. Always did. I could tell from the sound whether to come in or go back. This time I’m going back, a long way back, but there is never any doubt in my mind. I am going to catch this ball. I ...

During the 1920s and into the period just before World War II, my family lived in various apartments in the Bronx, New York. In those depression years, it was cheaper to move than pay the rent, and so they did. Those were also the years before television, and, indeed, before the times when baseball salaries became rather high. I am ...

Abbott: Well Costello, I’m going to New York with you. The Yankee’s manager gave me a job as coach for as long as you’re on the team. Costello: Look Abbott, if you’re the coach, you must know all the players. Abbott: I certainly do. Costello: Well you know I’ve never met the guys. So you’ll have to tell me their ...

by Ernest L. Thayer The outlook wasn’t brilliant for the Mudville nine that day; The score stood four to two with but one inning more to play. And then when Cooney died at first, and Burrows did the same, A sickly silence fell upon the patrons of the game. A straggling few got up to go in deep despair. The ...

1.) There has always been a saying in baseball that you can’t make a hitter, but I think you can improve a hitter. More than you can improve a fielder. More mistakes are made hitting than in any other part of the game. 2.) There’s only one way to become a hitter. Go up to the plate and get mad. ...

by Jack Norworth & Albert von Tilzer Katie Casey was baseball mad, Had the fever and had it bad, Just to root for her hometown crew, ev’ry sou– Katie blew. On a Saturday, her young beau called to see if she’d like to go To see a show but Miss Kate said, “No, I’ll tell you what you can do” ...

Practice Day Click, Clack… shuffle, scrape, they eased their way through the tunnel, their metal cleats ringing off the concrete walkway. The blue sky beckoned them at the end of the tunnel, like a bright light to freedom. A soft tug on the cap to shield the eyes from the midday sun and the players made their way out the ...