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Baseball Trip - Day 8
We saved the best for last. From start to finish this was a special day. Our morning bus ride flick was “For Love of the Game” an...
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3 days ago3 min read
Baseball Trip - Day 7
In 1970 Jim Morrison of The Doors opened a concert in Philadelphia by yelling “Hey Philadelphia….Do you Feel Alright?” The band then...
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Aug 272 min read
Baseball Trip - Day 6
On Tuesday we headed back to New York. Our movie selection was A League of Their Own, an entertaining show about the All-American Girls...
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Aug 152 min read
Baseball Trip -Day 5
We woke up in Springfield, home of the Basketball Hall of Fame. It wasn’t open yet, and we had other places to go and other things to...
cootputley
Jul 282 min read
Swing Off Revisited
I’ve continued to think about the “swing-off” contest that MLB used for the first time Tuesday night to provide a winner for the game. As...
cootputley
Jul 181 min read
Fungos and Trivia
Just wanted to post a few quick notes before I return to the travelogue. First of all, trivia! Last time I posed the question about the...
cootputley
Jul 182 min read
Baseball Trip - Day 4
On Sunday our destination was Cooperstown, the home of the Baseball Hall of Fame. We started out early, with our usual discussions and...
cootputley
Jul 173 min read
Baseball Trip - Day 3
As we boarded the bus on Saturday morning, I could imagine Old Blue Eyes singing “Start spreading the news…”. We were heading to New...
cootputley
Jul 174 min read
Baseball Trip - Day 2
We gathered in the hotel lobby, prepared to head to Washington DC. There were two buses with about 40 people on each one. Each one was...
cootputley
Jul 144 min read
Baseball Trip - Day 1
Today I will be beginning an eight part summary of a great baseball tour that I recently completed. For several years I have had a goal...
cootputley
Jul 112 min read
Fungos and Another Trivia Question
I didn’t really mean to be silent the whole month of June - it just worked out that way. One thing that occupied a lot of my time was a...
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Jul 42 min read
Welcome To The Show
The Rangers called up last year’s minor league player of the year, Alejandro Osuna, this weekend and he was in the starting lineup for...
cootputley
May 262 min read
More Fungos & Trivia!
It’s time for some quick comments about recent events in the wide world of sports. Derek Shelton was fired by the Pittsburgh Pirates. He...
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May 212 min read
Capture The Flagg
That was too easy, but I couldn’t resist. Cooper Flagg to be drafted by the Mavericks. Wow. A couple of weeks ago I was discussing the...
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May 211 min read
A Rose By Any Other Name…
By now you know that Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred issued a ruling that a Lifetime Ban from baseball ceases to exist after the death...
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May 202 min read
Fearless Forecast - AL West
Coot Putley has been in the Witless Protection Plan, and has not posted for a while, but I finally located him and obtained the season...
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May 202 min read
Fearless Forecast - AL Central
After being out of town for the better part of the last two weeks, we’ll get back on track with our forecast for the American League...
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May 73 min read
Fearless Forecast - AL East
We now turn our attention to the Junior Circuit. The American League East has generally been regarded as MLB’s toughest division. There...
cootputley
Apr 232 min read
Fearless Forecast - NL West
As the Putley picks continue we take a look at the Wild, Wild Western division of the National League. Four out of five teams should...
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Apr 232 min read
Fearless Forecast - NL Central
We continue with the Putley picks for the National League Central. This division is extremely difficult to predict. I honestly feel like...
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Apr 143 min read
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