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Fri, 24 May 2013 13:47:58 -0500

Not about baseball: here’s a map...

Fri, 24 May 2013 10:47:19 -0500

Not about baseball: here’s a map regarding “It’s Grim Up North,” the 1991 single by the Justified Ancients of Mu Mu.

Full map here: http://flipflopflyin.com/itsgrimupnorth/index.html

Estadio Héctor Chochi Sosa, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Source

Fri, 24 May 2013 09:08:03 -0500

Estadio Héctor Chochi Sosa, Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Source

Baseball teams in Utila,...

Thu, 23 May 2013 20:07:17 -0500

Baseball teams in Utila, Honduras.

Source: http://www.aboututila.com/PhotoGallery/Frank-Feurtado/Photo-Album-01.htm

My new thing for Getting Blanked: what if baseball had five...

Thu, 23 May 2013 18:33:29 -0500

My new thing for Getting Blanked: what if baseball had five bases? Link.

Sept. 10, 1999.

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:13:08 -0500

Sept. 10, 1999.

From the something-I-hadn’t-noticed-until-last-night file:...

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:12:42 -0500

From the something-I-hadn’t-noticed-until-last-night file: the Cubs’ jerseys and caps are different shades of blue.

thegrandarchives: There is no possible caption that would do...

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:07:01 -0500

thegrandarchives:

There is no possible caption that would do this post justice

World War I soldiers playing...

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:38:50 -0500

World War I soldiers playing baseball.

Source: http://www.trumanlibrary.org/photographs/view.php?id=14788

26th Infantry, 1st Division, baseball...

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:37:52 -0500

26th Infantry, 1st Division, baseball team.

Source: http://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/Tribute-to-World-War-I-s-solder-athletes-4024461.php#photo-3726734

The Famous 805th Base Ball...

Tue, 21 May 2013 13:36:38 -0500

The Famous 805th Base Ball Team.

Source: http://meditations-msmm.blogspot.mx/2010/06/black-baseball-and-wwi.html

shotsofthemoon: Red Sox vs. White Sox, U.S. Cellular Field,...

Tue, 21 May 2013 11:55:56 -0500

shotsofthemoon:

Red Sox vs. White Sox, U.S. Cellular Field, Chicago, IL. May 20, 2013.

Submitted by @brokenfuses

Raymond Pettibon has a whole load of baseball bats. (That bit...

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:30:08 -0500

Raymond Pettibon has a whole load of baseball bats. (That bit starts around the 3:00 mark.)

A new infographic-y kinda thing looking at the events following...

Mon, 20 May 2013 13:17:35 -0500

A new infographic-y kinda thing looking at the events following George Brett eating crab legs at Kokomo’s at the Mirage in Las Vegas, Nevada.

http://flipflopflyin.com/flipflopflyball/info-georgebrett.html

Jason Giambi, 1990 Alaska...

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:18:15 -0500

Jason Giambi, 1990 Alaska Goldpanners.

http://www.goldpanners.com/Scrapbook/g/giambi-jason_90.htm

Here’s my post for Getting Blanked about my visit to the Mexican League’s All-Star...

Thu, 16 May 2013 08:43:07 -0500

Here’s my post for Getting Blanked about my visit to the Mexican League’s All-Star Game:

http://blogs.thescore.com/mlb/2013/05/16/live-from-the-mexican-league-all-star-game

Every day I’m shufflin’ That moment when you realise that the song stuck in your head...

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:32:25 -0500

Every day I’m shufflin’

That moment when you realise that the song stuck in your head is a) a song that you don’t know the title of or who the artist is, and b) you only know it because it’s some player’s walk-up music.

Diablos Rojos’ first baseman, Japhet Amador is your 2013...

Mon, 13 May 2013 17:49:45 -0500

Diablos Rojos’ first baseman, Japhet Amador is your 2013 Liga Mexicana Home Run Derby campeón. Now the proud owner of the world’s greatest trophy. And, y’know: that jersey, too. Girl to his right seemingly couldn’t give that much of a shit. (Source)

My new cap. Oddly, even though New Era was one of the sponsors...

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:42:09 -0500

My new cap. Oddly, even though New Era was one of the sponsors of the Mexican All-Star game, the caps on sale in the store at the park were made by a company called Elsiglo.

I went to the Liga Mexicana’s Juego de Estrellas in Oaxaca at the weekend. Fun times in the...

Mon, 13 May 2013 13:34:00 -0500

I went to the Liga Mexicana’s Juego de Estrellas in Oaxaca at the weekend. Fun times in the sunshine. All of the teams’ mascots were there, goofing around in outfield foul territory while the game was going on. Anyway, as I left the park, a handful of mascots were there by the exit, without their heads, holding Tupperware tubs with coin slots cut into the lids, asking for tips. It felt wrong seeing the men behind the mascots, but then I saw the guy who plays Rocco, mascot of the Diablos Rojos del México (my favourite Mexican team). I put some coins in his slot. He noticed my Diablos hat, and we fist bumped, and he said “Gracias, amigo.” It was kind of the best moment of the weekend.

The Zona Sur All-Stars beat Zona Norte 11-2 (box). Home field advantage blah blah, just like MLB.