There are many terms that are used in baseball that have their origins in one man. These terms generally take on the name of that man. The Mendoza Line. Getting Wally Pipped. Stengelese. Ruthville. Whenever one player or coach or manager becomes so associated with one event, or trait, or concept, the powers that be [...]
First Ernie Harwell, Now Robin Roberts. 2010 SlangKo Award Winners Robin Roberts Unlike the Ernie Harwell card which I whipped up upon hearing of his death, I had done this Robin Roberts card a while back. I had actually sent it out to get signed by him, but he sent it back with a letter [...]
2010 SlangKo Award Winners Ernie Harwell As most of you probably know by now, longtime Tigers broadcaster Ernie Harwell passed away yesterday after a prolonged battle with cancer. I was not fortunate enough to ever hear Ernie call a game, but sometimes the figure in the booth becomes bigger than the game he’s calling. I [...]
As I was cleaning up my desk over the weekend, I unearthed a small pile of custom cards that I had sent out to get signed at some point or other and consequently had returned, unsigned. My small pile of failures. It occurred to me that I’ve more or less fallen into this habit of [...]
