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Most Valuable Baseball Pt. 4
This is the last installment profiling a priceless ball in my possession. While most baseballs are covered in horsehide, this one is covered in history, stories and legends for the ages. If you missed the first three installments, you can catch them here–– PART ONE, INSTALLMENT DOS, SECTION THREE. Now, prepare to get all goosebumpy.…
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World’s Most Valuable Baseball
Mr. Ed, who in 1964 became the only horse to every steal home plate in a game the Tigers played against the Orioles. He almost trampled O’s catcher John Orsino to death. Orsino ironically had the nickname “horse” and laughed about the incident from his hospital bed. Well, some say it wasn’t laughter so much…
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Sports Hurts
They were the best seats I’d ever had at a baseball game. Eight rows back, between home plate and third base. Seats so close when the players scratched I felt it. Ahhh, that’s the spot. Seats so close one could almost feel the showers of spit. The kind of seats where you can park your…