ClimbingSky

Just Another Traveller in Little Things

BASEBALL

  • A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Words – #7

    ‘Nuff said! Read more

  • On Being an Amateur

    I have been doing a lot of thinking lately about the concept of being an “Amateur” vs. a Professional of something. No doubt this has been prompted by the amount of time I spend with 19th Century Literature. Specifically with 19th Century Adventure and Detective Fiction where characters that are amateur scientists, archeologists, naturalists, and… Read more

  • A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Words – #6

    ‘Nuff said! Read more

  • It Ain’t Rocket Science

    This week four teams have been competing in the NLCS and ALCS. So far, this baseball fan has only gotten to see one of the games. That’s right, just one. And why is that? Because even though I have a number of subscriptions to streaming services, including MLB.TV, all but one of the games have… Read more

  • The Looming Lockout

    October means playoff baseball. In most years, if your team is not in the playoffs, it simply means you root for other teams and enjoy the extra month of the ultimate summer game before the long darkness kicks off. This year, unfortunately for us all, there is yet another looming lockout for America’s Pastime. That… Read more

  • FRIDAY FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Durocher on Baseball

    “Baseball is like church. Many attend, few understand.”― Leo Durocher Read more

  • A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Words

    ‘Nuff said! Read more

  • Two Lead-Off Homers

    On this day in 1993, Rickey Henderson of the OAKLAND Athletics opened both games of a doubleheader with a homer, the first player to accomplish the feat in 60 years. In his Hall-of-Fame career, Rickey Henderson led off a game with a homer 81 times. That is the MLB career record. The active player with the most career… Read more

  • On Baseball, Fly Fishing, & Jazz

    Already mid-June and I find that I have only managed to get to one baseball game in person so far this year. That was this past Sunday at Target Field when the Twins beat the Cardinals 5-4. Normally by this time of year, I would already have been to a number of games—Major League, Minor… Read more

  • Rhythm & Time

    Last week I wrote about how three of my favorite things (Baseball, Fly Fishing, and Jazz) are Arts of Failure. This week now I have been thinking about other ways they are connected. The most obvious connection is that all three have a peculiar relationship with Rhythm and Time. Baseball Ultimately, baseball has no time… Read more