Happy Baseball Solstice Eve

Having flown east to the ancestral lands in the Pennsylvania coal fields, I wish everyone a happy Baseball Solstice Eve. After tonight, we’ll be on the downslope to the start of Spring Training games. Hope abounds for the 2012 season. Bring it on!

Fixing the date for the Baseball Solstice

Now is the winter of our discontent, baseball fans. The World Series ended on Oct. 28, and nearly two months later I’m really starting to miss the game. Musing on this long dormant period for the national pastime, I’ve concluded that like our pagan ancestors, we must mark the passage of the seasons. And that […]