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I walked up the ramp of the right field bleachers with his arm on my shoulder and my eyes couldn't...

So after all that sophisticated baseball analysis to discover these players WAR, were there any surprises? Did anyone expect to...

https://baseballfireside.com   What should we expect from any Hall of Fame?   No Hall of Fame is going to be...

These batters get paid millions to whiff. We fans pay hundreds (or even thousands) to see them swing and miss...

If I only had the money to buy the perfect day to fulfill my baseball fantasies...If only there were Mr....

Roy Hobbs 's story, win or lose, shows the vulnerability ballplayers face. One accident, injury, tragic shooting, or poor decision...

Three Generations of Red Sox fans went through this era seeing only three American League pennants. They saw no World...

The Yankees were the Road Runner. So, every time the coyote thought he had the right device or strategy to...

Since their last world championship in 2018, the Boston Red Sox have only been in the playoffs twice (2021 and...

Baseball is an American game, and the rest of the world in the early 20th century hadn't developed pro teams....who...

I have one other issue with first pitches...you can only have one!

Since then the Marlins have validated my abandonment. In 2024 they traded All-Stars Jazz Chisholm, Tanner Scott, and two time...

https://baseballfireside.com/i-love-baseball-but/   By 2020 Baseball devolved from the being the national pastime to the national naptime! The grand old game...

There's an old adage that good pitching beats good hitting every time. Today's top pitchers who throw 100+ M.P.M. are...

Before 1969, Major League Baseball had the easiest system of determining its champs. The World Series teams were the top...

When I first got into baseball, major league umps were pretty fiery making calls, especially "steeeerrrrikkke threeeee!!!" Now there seems...

What are baseball All-Star "snubs"? Those are deserving players who don't get picked for their league's All-Star team despite having...

The 2026 "All-Star Game" was a flat out debacle. The hitters went up to the plate looking as helpless as...

Perhaps there's a good reason for a fielder to hesitate to throw to first base with a runner sprinting up...

Major League Baseball has made dealing at the trade deadlines nerve wracking...trade deadlines can feel like Monte Carlo Night when...