Baseball caps and beyond
The San Francisco Giants placed Randy Johnson on the 15-day disabled list after he hurt his left (throwing) shoulder while swinging the bat in a game against the Houston Astros. With the All-Star break on the horizon, the Giants hope the Big Unit will mend quickly and miss no more than a regularly scheduled start […]
Read More The Big Unit on the DLThe 2009 baseball season had barely begun on April 9 when Mike Cameron of the Milwaukee Brewers cracked a line drive through the box. The ball struck San Francisco Giants pitcher Joe Martinez in the forehead, causing fractures and a nasty concussion — and jeopardizing the young pitcher’s career. Martinez is playing baseball again, pitching […]
Read More An inspiring story from the minor leaguesI turned on the TV in roughly the fifth inning last evening to watch the Giants play the Brewers and gleefully discovered the teams were wearing Spanish-language uniforms. The Giants’ road grays had “Gigantes” emblazoned on the front, and the Brew Crew has “Cerveceros” across their chests. The teams wore their normal caps. While crass […]
Read More Gigantes vs. CervecerosI’m on vacation for a week, and I celebrated by watching the San Francisco Giants host the Oakland Athletics in their first interleague games of the season. I wish I had one of those A’s-Giants combo caps that were available during the 1989 Bay Bridge World Series, the one that was interrupted by the Loma […]
Read More The Bay Bridge series: Athletics vs. GiantsRandy Johnson heads to the mound Wednesday night in Washington in search of victory No. 300. Over the years, Randy has worn the caps of many ballclubs in both the American and National leagues, starting with the Montreal Expos. It’s a quirk of fate that his first crack at No. 300 comes against his old […]
Read More Let’s go, Big Unit!The Ball Caps blog is observing an evening of silence in recognition of the San Francisco Giants’ shutout loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers of Los Angeles. The sun will come up tomorrow, bet your bottom dollar.
Read More A loss to the DodgersThe San Francisco Giants have been heavily promoting their “solar cap” giveaway, which the first 20,000 fans will receive at AT&T park on Sunday. It’s a promotion from PG&E. I could never turn down a free cap, of course. But were I going to Sunday’s game, let’s just say I might linger around the Willie […]
Read More The San Francisco Giants solar capJeff Kent announced his retirement from professional baseball today, ending an outstanding career as a member of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Kent has always brought out mixed feelings in me, and a lot of memories were dredged up today as I heard the morning guys on KNBR radio in San Francisco talking about him. I […]
Read More Jeff Kent: Hero or villain?While dangling Christmas lights from the tree on our front lawn this morning, I was reminded of how a few years back my giveaway plastic San Francisco Giants batting helmet saved my head. I had to trim a branch from a tree in our backyard in New Jersey, and I stuck the batting helmet on […]
Read More Keeping my head about me, thanks to a Giants’ batting helmetThe World Series is fading into memory. As the weather turns colder, a baseball fan must turn to the “Hot Stove League” of speculation on who’s going to deal for whom in the coming months. Amazingly, it was the Oakland Athletics who made the first significant move, acquiring slugger Matt Holliday from the Colorado Rockies. […]
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