Small Town Baseball in Middle America
By: Mike Carter Driving around town, you can’t help but notice it. The stunning quiet of the baseball diamonds. The grass is cut, the dugouts look ready to receive the…
The Potential of Luis Robert
By: Mike Carter I have an amazing front porch on my house, replete with a table and comfortable chairs where I drink good coffee every morning. I have been contemplative…
Finding a New Normal
By: Mike Carter This is the first time in a long time that I do not know what to write about for the site. No April surprises. No teams storming…
Baseball is My Oldest Friend
By: Mike Carter This week, the avid baseball fans among us should have been preparing for Opening Day. We should be getting those fantasy baseball lineups ready to go.…
Have Some Integrity
By: Mike Carter “Fixed the World Series?” I repeated.The idea staggered me. I remembered, of course, that the World Series had been fixed in 1919, but if I had thought…
If I Had a Hall of Fame Ballot
By: Mike Carter If I had a Hall of Fame ballot, which I do not, and know I never will, here are the players I would vote for in 2020.…
Lets Talk Kershaw and Hudson
By: Mike Carter I don’t usually have the gumption to comment on the opinions of others, but I wanted to take a few minutes and share some thoughts on our…
The Field is Set
By: Mike Carter The field is set. Let the madness begin. The regular season is now over. This year we saw over 40,000 strikeouts, twenty-two pitchers strike out over 200…
Race for the Pennant
By: Mike Carter In what is surely an understatement, baseball is a funny game. Think back to early March of this year. Optimism reigns supreme. You look at the ways…
All-Star Break
By: Mike Carter We are easing into the All-Star Break this weekend. I was not working this week and used part of that time to jot down some reflections on…