More Hardball
Blog URL http://morehardball.blogspot.com
Located Asheboro, North Carolina USA
Tags MLB, baseball, New York Mets, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees, Alex Rodriguez, steroids, twins, anagrams
Everything and anything funny about baseball.
Latest Blog Posts
- Countdown to Christmas: #34 Nolan Ryan on Nov 21, 2009
Baseball's all-time strikeout leader and author of a major-league record seven no-hitters, Ryan was in many ways the most remarkable pitcher ever to play the game. He was often maligned as a ".500 pitcher" despite his high strikeout totals, and he wa...
- That's Strange on Nov 21, 2009
Doug and Pat Strange, not brothers, obviously from different mothers. Doug played for many teams over the course of his 9 seasons in the majors (Tigers, Rangers, Mariners, Cubs, Pirates, and Expos). He was a switch hitting utility infielder that play...
- Burn After Watching on Nov 20, 2009 in unusual tim lincecum bizzare drugs
Every now and then, we as writers come across something that nothing quite prepares us for. Take this nausea-inducing kiddie baseball videoThe fine folks at Deadspin where I found this video suggest checking your water supply for drugs after watching...
- Countdown to Christmas: #35 Phil Niekro on Nov 19, 2009
Niekro pitched for 20 seasons for the Atlanta Braves (two of those seasons when the team was still in Milwaukee). He was popular in the city of Atlanta for remaining loyal to a team that often had a losing record, as well as for his contributions to...
- Baseball By The Book on Nov 18, 2009
Tales of intrigue, subterfuge, and outright corruption are not readily associated with baseball. However, in detailing three critical years in baseball's history, Michael Shapiro deftly illustrates the undermining of baseball's future by a handful of...
- Top 5 baseball video games of all time on Nov 18, 2009
Everyone remembers sitting at home around the 20" boob tube and playing their favorite video games on a Nintendo, Sega, Playstation, NES, XBOX or whatever. Throughout the years the video production teams have come up with some amazing and classic vid...
- Countdown to Christmas #36-Robin Roberts on Nov 18, 2009
Roberts made his major league debut on June 18, 1948; and in 1950 he led his Phillies---whose overall youth earned them the nickname the Whiz Kids---to its first National League pennant in 35 years. Roberts started three games in the last five days o...
