In a time not so long ago, fast-pitch ruled men’s rec, making household words of names such as Eddie Feigner, “Shifty” Gears and Grand Islander Jon Roth. Lesser leagues accommodated those for whom “fast pitch” was relative. Base Paths never got above Class C and remembers a tardy team mate later reporting: “I knew Doug was pitching when the other team’s leadoff batter hit his … [Read more...] about Base Paths ponders fast pitch of day’s past
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Bat, Ball and Bible
Whatever your plans for Sunday, stop in the name of the law. Unless it involves churchly endeavors, your agenda may well have been prohibited about 100 years ago. And especially if it involved baseball. In the whimsically titled “Bat, Ball & Bible,” Cortland State Prof. Charles DeMotte seriously chronicles the quest to keep the national pastime on a six-day schedule … [Read more...] about Bat, Ball and Bible
Sub Base Paths leading off with a take on UB Bulls football
With this admission, Base Paths probably loses face among his faithful, but with the rain coming down and baseball hours away, he settled down at noon Saturday and watched some football. Thing is, he’s still not sure what he saw. First, you have to know that Base Paths’ communications resources are as outdated as his choice of games. His TV is so old he has to pour kerosene … [Read more...] about Sub Base Paths leading off with a take on UB Bulls football
When the Bisons flew the coop
By Rocket Man On closing night at Coca Cola Field, some Bison loyalists must have felt like witnesses to a wedding in which a victim married her kidnapper. In between the mascot race and the bus-token toss, Buffalo and Blue Jay suits signed an agreement maintaining the Herd’s role as prisoner of Toronto through 2016. About 300 feet back stood three guys who were elsewhere … [Read more...] about When the Bisons flew the coop
Book review: The Diamond Deception
The Diamond Deception By Mike Gallagher 326 Pages, AuthorHouse Grade: C By DOUG SMITH pollyndoug@hotmail.com Baseball has a whole new drug problem in rookie novelist Mike Gallagher’s “Diamond Deception.” It appears as if a couple of unscrupulous club owners (is that redundant?) employ their deviously-acquired Arizona Sidewinders (one of several nifty turns of … [Read more...] about Book review: The Diamond Deception