If you want the lowdown on all the trade possibilities and more tune in Saturday to Right Off The Bat at 2:50 PM Pacific right here on loveofthegameproductions.com, the A’s web site, or 610 AM KFRC in Northern California as The Rocky Mountain News’ national baseball writer Tracy Ringolsby joins me to look at the grand old game. [Read more →]

The tie in the recent All Star Game in Milwaukee was part of destiny, It had to happen. It was not ‘Miller time’ but

Bud time. It perfectly reflects todays

situation in baseball.

By Amaury Pi-González [Read more →]

Another day at the ball park with the Yankees, Red Sox, A’s, Mariners, Angels, and Twins winning second half openers in the American League.

The Braves, Astros, Giants, and Diamondbacks won their first games as well.

Trade rumors were flying around last night also.

Here are a few thoughts on today’s games and what I heard last night. [Read more →]

Toby Harrah was just a youngster when he made the Washington Senators team out of spring training in 1969. Harrah recalls playing for the great Ted Williams in a very enjoyable interview with me on Right Off The Bat Friday, heard at 2:50 PM Pacific right here on loveofthegameproductions.com, the A’s web site, or 610 AM KFRC in Northern California. [Read more →]

Marty Lurie writes:
Here is an interview I did with Cincinnati’s All Star closer Danny Graves on Right Off The Bat. Graves is the only major leaguer ever born in Vietnam. He is a tireless worker in what many people consider the major league’s best bull pen. Graves shares the secret to his success in the pen. [Read more →]

It’s amazing what a difference three days makes.

Prior to the All Star break, the second half of the season seemed so far away. Today, the marathon takes a turn and if you are a player, you can sense the change.

The games become more important because there is less room for error. Having 100 games to play is a lot different than the 72-75 games most teams have remaining in the schedule.

Go on a 10 game winning streak now and you may win a division. Go on a 10 game losing streak and I’ll see you in spring training.

Read on for some of the challenges facing the contenders. [Read more →]

Rick Dempsey, a four decade player, is my guest today on Right Off The Bat beginning at 2:50 PM Pacific right here on love of thegameproductions.com, the A’s web site, or KFRC 610 AM in Northern California. Dempsey was MVP in the 1983 World Series as well as one of the foils for Orioles manager Earl Weaver. [Read more →]

Baseball’s All Star game has always been the most competitive of the major sports dream games.

Even today, proposals are being made to reward the winning league with home field advantage in the World Series.

The first game was played in Chicago in 1933 and wasn’t even created by baseball, but was the brainchild of a sports writer, Arch Ward from the Chicago Tribune.

The game was such a huge hit in 1933, that it then became an annual tradition, even growing to two games per year in the late fifties.

Here’s how it all began in Comiskey Park.

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Now that we have seen the first half of the season unfold who will be the end of the season award winners?

Some players have been eliminated because of poor first halves, but it is still tough to make the correct calls.

Here goes. [Read more →]

Carlos Pena. Franklyn German. A player to be named. For Jeff “Dream” Weaver and cash.

Weaver. For Ted Lilly, Jason Arnold, and John Ford-Griffin.

Was it worth it? For the meantime, yes. In the long run, who knows?

Click Read more and I’ll tell you why.

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