Author Tracy March loves baseball. So much so that earlier this week she shared with us the top ten things she likes do while at the ballpark! Tracy also wrote a contemporary romance novel that was released this past summer titled, The Practice Proposal. Recently, The Practice Proposal was selected as a Top Pick by RT Book Reviews: March knocks it out of the park with this … [Read more...]
Celebrating World Series Week!
Celebrating World Series Week! Top Ten Things I Like to do at the Ballpark By Tracy March Baseball, hot dogs, apple pie. I don't know about you, but I get all swoony just thinking about baseball. I love it so much that I even wrote The Practice Proposal, a novel about a sexy MLB player, his (not so) fake romance, and his team's quest for a World Series win. The Washington … [Read more...]
MLB Pitcher Pitches Perfect Game on Mother’s Day
By Jennie Oakland Athletics' pitcher Dallas Braden managed the rarest of baseball feats - a perfect game - on Mother's Day, a date with special significance for him. The 26-year-old Braden's mother died of melanoma when he was in high school, and he was raised in part by his grandmother, who was in the stands to see him complete the perfect game. She gave him a tearful hug … [Read more...]
Major League Players: Stressful Holidays
By Jeff While we are all looking forward to the Christmas season, many Major League Baseball players see this part of the year as very stressful. It may sound crazy to feel sorry for someone whose minimum salary is $400,000 and the average MLB salary is over $2 million a year, but it is a terribly stressful time for almost half of the League’s players and many whom are … [Read more...]
Gymnastics & Baseball / Never Before Seen
Gymnastics & Baseball 9:00 pm For the Gosselin kids, it's time for some sporty fun! Kate enrolls all the kids in gymnastics classes and the tumbling begins. When it's Jon's turn, he takes the kids to a local minor league baseball game. … [Read more...]
Sports Talk
With the World Series tied at 1-1 and headed back to Philly tonight, College football in the middle of an exciting season and Bret Favre, the spurned Packers legend returning to Lambeau Field, there is lots to talk about in the next week or so. Feel free to use this thread to discuss whatever is going on in the sports world! … [Read more...]
Let’s Talk Post Season Baseball!
Written by Anya If you are the kind of baseball fan I am, you probably have: a) one team you love and root for; b) a few that you are fond of and wish to do well (unless they are playing team A); and c) several that you actively dislike. … [Read more...]
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BASEBALL PLAYERS DREAM
Written by Jeff Adam Greenberg was shocked in July of 2005 when he got the news from his minor-league manager that he, along with teammate Matt Murton, was being called up to the majors and he was to join the Chicago Cubs in Miami the next day. After a hurried packing job, and a call to his parents, Adam was whisked to the airport for the flight to Miami where the Cubs were … [Read more...]
MLB Picks–Got Yours?
Written by Erin It's July and the season is well underway. Hanley Ramirez (Florida Marlins) is leading the league with a .346 batting average, Tim Lincecum (San Francisco Padres) is firing up the bullpen (though the rest of the team is asleep) and the Red Sox have not one but four of their players slated to be starters in the 2009 All-Star game. … [Read more...]