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Hello Baseball Fans, Next week will bring us the announcement for the 2019 Hall Of Fame writers’ inductees. That is surely exciting as this year’s anticipated class could be the largest ever. And THAT’S cool!! However, that’s not what the title of this post is about. HAHA, got ya! Now, in all baseball-ness, sometime during… Continue reading THREE HALL OF FAMERS

Hello Baseball Fans, It is inarguable that baseball is a popular game.  It also is inarguable that the MLB is officially on break.  There are no games today or tonight.  No derbies.  No exhibitions.  For today is the lone day in a stretch of 187 consecutive days that there is no MLB action of any sort (tomorrow we have… Continue reading INARGUABLY

Hello Baseball Fans, As things start to heat up at these opening couple of weeks of summer, both outside and in the pennant races, we here at VFTD figured we’d take a look back at the game.  You can always learn new things right?  We figured we can at least try.  Even in summer.  For… Continue reading WILLIAMS, ST. LOUIS

Hello Baseball Fans, Recently, Max Scherzer of the Washington Nationals, racked up a whole bunch of strikeouts.  Now, that’s not a surprise or hardly even news at all.  However, it was the 2nd time in his career that he threw a praised ‘Immaculate Inning’.  Some may wonder, what makes for an Immaculate Inning?  We all… Continue reading IMPERFECTLY IMMACULATE

Hello Baseball Fans, Major League Baseball is back in action!  Opening Day 2018 has already been spectacular with some extra innings, walk-off blasts and an inside-the-park homer to boot.  And the day’s games aren’t even over yet as some are just starting while VFTD writes this!  Anyway, before we get into some big predictions or… Continue reading 7 Years of Jams, Guns, Bombs

Hello Baseball Fans, Summer is over.  BOOOO!  Fall is here.  BOOOO!  The regular season is gone.  BOOOO!  Wait!  We have something, don’t we?  Yes, that means the post-season is here!!  Alllllll-right!  So that means we need to do some thinking, calculating, and dart-throwing to the furthest wall possible to determine the ‘best’ predictions to follow… Continue reading A TALE OF TWO C’s

Hello Baseball Fans, Over the last few weeks, the MLB All-Star Game and the official half-way point of the 2017 season have both come and gone.  The A.L. defeated the N.L. in a pitchers’ and more pitchers’ duel by the score of 2 to 1 as Mariner Robinson Cano’s 10th inning solo shot was the… Continue reading A PLAQUE IS WORTH 714 WORDS

Hello Baseball Fans, The beginnings of baseball are simple.  There are no innings.  There is no home team.  Or away team.  There is no infield.  Or outfield.  There are no bases even. And there are no bats.  There are no coaches.  Or umpires.  You see, at first you just need a ball.  Any old ball… Continue reading ME AND HIM

Hello Baseball Fans, Well there is much buzzing about the rate of home runs per MLB game being up again this year.  So with that buzz, we here at VFTD took to the stat sheets to make some sense of the fuzz that is home run statistics.  To date, there are 1.22 home runs hit… Continue reading K.A.M. CONNECTION

Hello Baseball Fans, An update has been a long time coming here baseball fans.  The calendar has already flipped to the fifth month and the MLB season is approaching the one-fifth mark, so we here at VFTD thought it would be appropriate to recognize the number 5.  Afterall, five is a lot of things.  It… Continue reading FIVE OF FIVE

Hello Baseball Fans, Wow, is it just me or has it been a while?!  Off seasons can be loooong.  Especially when you don’t call, or stop by, or even write for a few months.  It’s going to be tough, but I think we can track down where we left off.  Oh yeah, here it is.… Continue reading 1 SHORT OF 4 SQUARED

Hello Baseball Fans, Did you hear the good news?  Baseball season isn’t over yet!  Wooooo! Thanks to a most gritty performance by the Chicago Cubs’ pitchers and hitters this time, they were able to defeat the Cleveland Indians 3 to 2 and forced at least Game Six, which will take place back in Cleveland on… Continue reading MR. NO NOVEMBER

Hello Baseball Fans, Well, here we are kids.  The eve (as in day of) of the 2016 Fall Classic.  It’s a great feeling every year when we get ready to watch the best two teams in the world square off in a best-of-seven World Series.   Big fans tune in.  Little fans tune in. Old… Continue reading TRENDING THE BUCK

Hello Baseball Fans, OK everyone, we have completed the most impressive sports league schedule of the year by playing 162 games.  Plus, we’ve already gotten right into the two ‘Game 163’s’ over the last two nights.  Yes, it’s that time of year folks.  It’s October. It’s the playoffs.  Baseball at its finest!  The Baltimore Orioles… Continue reading PRE-POST-SEASON POST

Hello Baseball Fans, Well, here we are fans.  If you look straight ahead, you’ll notice that we’re at the starting gate of the 2016 MLB pennant race as August is winding down to a close. Don’t worry if you aren’t pulling for favorites like the Dodgers, Nationals, Cubs, Blue Jays, Indians, or Rangers as they all lead… Continue reading FROM ‘A’ TO ‘G’