Princeton baseball drops a wild one to Wagner

With a two-team total of 28 hits and 27 runs, the Wagner-at-Princeton baseball game had plenty of action over 3 hours and 40 minutes of play. Wagner took an early lead, lost it, then reclaimed it to win 16-11. I roamed the sidelines as I always do, but today was the first time I shot […]

A nice day for Princeton baseball in New York City

Princeton entered its weekend series with Columbia on a nine-game losing streak, and the Tigers were able to break free in the first game of the Saturday doubleheader. They dropped the nightcap, and I went into New York for the third and final game of the series. The Lions play at Robertson Field at Satow […]

Saying “no” to Wisco, and other City Connect musings

Major League Baseball released (unleashed?) its latest round of City Connect uniforms today, and I’ve passed the point where I reflexively reject them all. But I have not surrendered my First Amendment right to gripe about the new Brewers’ duds with “Wisco” lettering emblazoned on the jerseys. Yes, Brewers marketing team, I understand your wanting […]

A tough weekend for Princeton Tigers baseball

Yale pulled into Princeton on Friday for a three-game series against the host Tigers. The Bulldogs were ungracious guests, you might say, as they swept the three-game series. The games were hard fought, and Princeton nearly pulled off a victory in the finale during Saturday’s doubleheader. Chased by what turned out to be a brief […]

Baseball’s “Opening Night”? We can do better

Generally, I’m a modern, progressive guy. When it comes to baseball, I tend more toward paleolithic traditionalist. Consider Opening Day or, as we are experiencing it this year, Opening Night. Let’s play in the sunshine, shall we? I have nothing against a few night games on Opening Day, as long as some of the games […]

Princeton opens the Ivy League baseball season

After its annual season-opening road trips to the South, the Princeton baseball team opened the Ivy League season at home over the weekend, splitting a series 2-1 with Cornell. The Tigers banged out hit after hit to sweep the Saturday doubleheader 13-7 and 12-0 but dropped the finale to the Big Red 6-3 on Sunday. […]

The soothing sounds of Spring Training

I spent the previous two days watching the snow fall and a few hours shoveling during and after the Nor’easter storm that blanketed much of the Northeast. Post-shoveling, through the MLB app on my iPhone I was able to catch some of the glorious sounds of opening weekend for Spring Training. Actually, I heard a […]

A New York minute with my new Giants cap

At mid-week, I took a train into New York City on my way to visit my son and his family who live in Manhattan. They had given me a spiffy fitted and personalized San Francisco Giants cap for Christmas, and wearing it was the right headwear choice for a moderately cold January outing. On the […]

A fabulous new Giants cap for the Baseball Solstice

Today is the annual Baseball Solstice, the mid-point between the final out of the World Series and the first games of Spring training. Trust me when I say, I can’t wait for baseball season. I just spent an hour clearing ice off the windshields and windows of our two cars. Thanks to my older son […]

1968: The Year of the Pitcher remembered

Whenever I visit the nearby public library, I always check the stacks for baseball books. The other day, I picked up “The Year of the Pitcher” by Sridharan Pappu. In it, he chronicles the 1968 baseball season, highlighted by the pitching dominance of Bob Gibson, who posted an infinitesimally small E..R.A. for the Cardinals, and […]