Baseball caps and beyond
The second calendar year for the Ball Caps Blog is coming to a close, and I’m happy that I’ve sustained it for that long. Regular posting is the key to building blog traffic, the experts say, and my experience with this blog bears that out. In a couple of stretches I tried to post daily […]
Read More 2009: The year in review[picapp align=”left” wrap=”true” link=”term=Mark+DeRosa&iid=5056280″ src=”3/b/e/3/Mark_DeRosa_meets_d307.JPG?adImageId=8722277&imageId=5056280″ width=”234″ height=”305″ /] Mark DeRosa joined a new team today, the San Francisco Giants. As a Giants fan, I’m pleased. Assuming he keeps pace with his performance in recent years, he’ll add some pop to what has been an anemic offense the last year or two. After seven years with […]
Read More Switching caps (again): Mark DeRosaTo all readers of the Ball Caps Blog, a merry Christmas! Our last-minute shopping is pretty much done, although I need to do a final check for stocking stuffers and may need to make a late dash to the drugstore. For our morning errands, I was sporting my 1948 Cleveland Indians cap.
Read More A merry Christmas to all!Fans who spend their lives rooting for one team in one town and listening only to the hometown announcers don’t have much of a basis for comparison of the men and women behind the microphones. As a kid in Cleveland, after the Indians’ games I’d catch a few innings when atmospheric conditions were right from […]
Read More A tip of the cap to 49ers broadcast analyst Gary PlummerThis is Black Friday, when millions of bargain-crazed Americans head to the malls to shop for deeply discounted merchandise. The only purchases I’ve made today have been on behalf of my son: at the doctor’s office, the pharmacy and – in a weak moment – an online gaming site. If you’re a baseball fan and […]
Read More Baseball and Black FridayCliff Lee warming up Originally uploaded by DDay209 Fans of the Cleveland Indians (count me among them) will be in a rueful mood when the World Series opens Wednesday night in New York. Not long ago, the starting pitcher for each team sported an Indians’ cap. Cliff Lee, who gets the start for the […]
Read More Ex-Indian vs. Ex-Indian in Game One of the World SeriesI’m fighting off the common cold, swine flu or for all I know bubonic plague tonight, so I’ll make this quick. I got an e-mail from mlb.com pointing out that they’re having a post-season sale. Batting practice caps — those ugly variants on regular caps with goofy curved side panels — are just $9.99. I […]
Read More Ironic offer from MLB.com: A cold-weather Cubs capThe Boston Red Sox were eliminated from the American League playoffs today by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, as good an occasion as any to honor the Red Sox cap for its iconic status. I’ve had occasional flirtations with the BoSox but mostly an uneasy relationship over the years. My first youth baseball team […]
Read More Iconic baseball caps: Boston Red SoxPlayoffs notwithstanding, for most baseball fans today is the first day of the long winter. The season is over, the concession stands are empty, the lockerrooms bare as the players have packed up to go fishing or hunting or whatever they do in the off-season. For followers of the Chicago Cubs, the Cleveland Indians, the […]
Read More For most of us, it’s ‘Wait Until Next Year’We’re in a wild card race. Awesome!!! Well, hardly. Wild-card races in Major League Baseball have been running for a couple of decades, and I still can’t fully accept them. Don’t get me wrong. I’ll take a wild card berth. As I write this post, I’m listening to the Giants and the Dodgers. I want […]
Read More Less than excited about baseball wild card races
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