by admin | Jan 23, 2023 | News
Ryan Lavarnway, 34, Yale educated, is entering his 15th season of professional baseball. He will be starting the season with the Tigers’ Triple-A affiliate in Toledo. The Tigers are his 13th organization. He has put the ‘journey’ into journeyman and the question he...
by admin | Nov 14, 2022 | Baseball, Lifestyle
BASEBALL, LIFESTYLE Olympic Village Gym The two coolest parts of the Olympic experience for me were the gym and the cafeteria in Olympic Village. In this post, I want to talk about the gym. All my life, I have looked up to elite athletes. The championships, the...
by Jamal Simpson | Nov 13, 2022 | Baseball, People
BASEBALL, PEOPLE Jack Hammer For the playoff run with the Boston Red Sox in 2013, I was the inactive 26th man traveling with the team in case of injuries. I did everything with the team like I was active; took batting practice, went to all the scouting meetings, and...
by Jamal Simpson | Nov 13, 2022 | Baseball
BASEBALL Baseball Terminology Bang it (verb) – cancel, end or suspend.Used in a sentence: “It is going to rain all night, so we need to postpone the game. Bang it!” Can also be used in the past tense: “The game was banged.” Dry Hump (noun, verb) – the act or process...
by Jamal Simpson | Nov 12, 2022 | Baseball, People
BASEBALL, PEOPLE The Only Jewish Dodger A little about one of my role models, Shawn Green. There was exactly one player on the LA Dodgers that was Jewish in the early 2000s, Shawn Green. He was the starting right-fielder on my favorite team from 2000-2004 during my...
