Baseball

I started noodling with this blog last Tuesday, the morning after my Cardinals suffered a crushing 15-2 defeat at the hands of the last place Cincinnati Reds. I had hoped I wouldn’t have to publish it.

Well this has got to be a first. Pat Venditte, the former Quincy Gem famous for his ambidextrous pitching abilities, is being honored with a dual “bobblearms” by the Staten Island Yankees.

Both the Quincy Gems and the Hannibal Cavemen are playing on the road. For the Cavemen they return home Tuesday to meet Springfield.The next home game for the Gems is Wednesday when they host the Cavemen.   As you watch those games this week, think about the rules of this great game.

The QU baseball team is swattin’ a whole buncha dingers and it’s AWESOME!!

So as you may have heard, y101 is sending one lucky baseball fan and a guest to any Major League game in the continental United States (sorry, Toronto) from June 1 to June 29. That is 383 games to choose from! Not a bad deal at all! And seeing as though I work here and all and thus am ineligible to win (believe me, I checked), I figured the next best thing would be to give you a little guide as to

Just because the Internet is a wonderful thing, here's Chicago Cubs dinger-swattin' first baseman Anthony Rizzo tickling the ivories and leading an impromptu team singalong to Train's "Drops of Jupiter".

The four local university or college baseball teams are in full swing with early games being played on the road in southern locales.  As the weather warms here the teams will return home.  With that said, if you are chomping at the bit to watch some college baseball, here are the home opening dates for Quincy University, Hannibal-LaGrange University, Culver-Stockton College and John Wood Community

My beloved Kansas City Royals found themselves in first place at the end of Monday night's win over the Oakland A's, and Royals center fielder Jarrod Dyson celebrated the last out with a fancy head-over-heels flip.

The Quincy Gems are back at it for another season. It all gets underway at 6:35.

Not since Squints risked his life just to get one magic moment with Wendy Peffercorn has a kid pulled off such a smooth move with a lady.