Dodger Stadium-The Ball Never Carries at Night There. OOPS! Tell that to the Phillies; Second Marathon this Week for AA Pensacola Reds

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Hi all.  Here's how I see baseball on this Sunday, April 30. Since it opened in 1962, Dodger Stadium has been known as a pitcher's park.  This was particularly true in the years of Koufax and Drysdale. The folklore was that the ball particularly never carried at night.  The Dodgers put this to their advantage scheduling as ...

How Long Can You Tread Water? Jays and Nats Win Best MLBGames of the Night; Another Perfecto in the Minors? Are You Kidding Me?

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Hi all.  This is how I see baseball on this Wednesday, april 25. The weather man had been calling for heavy rain in a large part of the country, and yesterday his call was right on the money, to the sorrow of baseball team owners and their fans. 3 games in the majors were postponed-in Boston, ...

In AA, Yanks Bull Pen Gives One Up to Red Sox

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Hi all.  Here's how I see baseball on this Monday, April 24. The most buzz created yesterday wasn't about any particular game, not even the game where Boston beat Baltimore 6-2.  Andrew Benintendi, a rookie whose name scribes need to learn to spell knocked out 5 singles. That's his first five-hit game in his brief career.   Mookie ...

This Time It’s the Rangers Proving Evrything’s Bigger (or at least Longer) in Texas

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Hi all.  Here's how I see baseball on this Friday, April 21. Wednesday it was two Midwest league teams that went scoreless into the 17th inning before a deciding run was scored.  Last night it was the Rangers and Royals  matching donuts for a dozen innings. It took a single by Delino DeShields JR. to propel the Rangers ...

Just Another Day at the Office–or Not;

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Hi all.  Here's how I see baseball on this Thursday, April 20. This will be a short column owing to time constraints but I simply had to write about yesterday's minor league game at Geneva, Kane County, Illinois.  The home team won 1-0 but then there's what Paul harvey called "The Rest of the Story." We're talking about Midwest League ...