It's a long season.

Memorial Day at Target Field

photo by mighty flynn

CLEVELAND, OH - MAY 28: Relief pitcher Luis Mendoza #39 throws to first where Jason Kipnis #22 is safe on a bunt during the fifth inning at Progressive Field on May 28, 2012 in Cleveland, Ohio.

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DENVER, CO - MAY 28: The Houston Astros (L-R) Jordan Lyles #41, Matt Downs #16, Carlos Lee #45,Marwin Gonzalez #9, and Jose Altuve #27 leave the mound after a conference during the fourth inning against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field on May 28, 2012 in Denver, Colorado.

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tempesox:

Lubos watching the the baseball game/ 5/27/12

Arizona Diamondbacks vrs. Brewers Chase Field, AZ.

Bark in the Park day.

newdesultorybaseball:

Random Baseball Card #916: Oddibe McDowell, outfielder, Texas Rangers, 1989, Topps.

Unidentified ballplayers, 1930

Athletic Park

Vancouver, British Columbia

photo by Stuart Thomson via City of Vancouver Archives

“I’m not from Baltimore, but this is my town.”

- Adam Jones

photo by Patrick McDermott/Getty

Island Park, 1917

Wichita, Kansas

photo: Wichita State University via WBUR

“Only baseball is on tap at Island Park,” read the Wichita Beacon headline of June 21st, 1925. The article went on to say that, “strangleholds, razors, and horsewhips” would not be allowed, because all that fans would be seeing was a simple baseball game between Wichita’s all-black Monrovians and the local Ku Klux Klan. The newspaper reported the Monrovians were urging as many of their fans to attend as possible. And, just to show there’d be no favoritism, the two teams were hiring Catholics as umpires.

- Fletcher Powell

Read (or listen to) the rest: Only a Game, WBUR

(thanks to scout for sending this my way)

It will be forever known in Lower Columbia College baseball lore as “The Catch.”

Derrick Salberg’s leaping catch over the left field bullpen fence with a runner on and two outs in the bottom of the ninth inning robbed Everett as the Red Devils held on for a 4-2 victory in the first round of the NWAACC Baseball Championships at David Story Field on Friday.

“By far the best catch I’ve ever made,” Salberg said of a play that ended up No. 1 on SportsCenter’s countdown of the top 10 plays of the day Friday night. “I was waiting for the bullpen pitchers to tell me I was getting close to the fence. Thank God I didn’t run into the fence, and I’ve got some hops.”

- Rick McCorkle, The Daily News

Read the rest: “Red Devils snag a win on a catch for the ages”

Watch video of the catch here

photo by Bill Wagner/ The Daily News

cubabeisbol:

Cover of the 1957 Beisbolito International League program.

King Felix

May 26, 2012

photo by Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images

Shea Family Summer Baseball Tour

In 2009, Jim Shea was diagnosed with Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP), a rare brain disorder that causes serious and progressive problems with control of gait and balance, along with complex eye movement and thinking problems. There is no cure or effective treatment of the disease. Jim’s son Justin is now on the CurePSP Board of Directors, and he is working hard to raise awareness and funds to help researchers find a cure. In addition to organizing a number of running races, Justin and his parents have undertaken a baseball tour by RV to spread their message across the country. Between May 13 and July 3, the Sheas will visit 26 MLB ballparks.

Follow their adventures via the Shea Family Summer Baseball Tour blog. Justin is writing tales from the road and Jim is reviewing each ballpark they visit. So far, they’ve attended ballgames at Chase Field, Angel Stadium, Dodger Stadium, Petco Park, and AT&T Park. Check out their schedule, and look for the Shea RV when it rolls into your town.

Learn more about PSP and give to the cause: CurePSP.

2001

Michael Brantley is a thief.

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