A certain kind of torture
That John Lindsey entered his first major-league game Wednesday but was removed for pinch-hitter Andre Ethier before he actually got to see his first major-league pitch generated the kind of national...
View ArticlePedal to the Lederer
Hopefully, we’ll learn Wednesday that Bert Blyleven has been elected to the Hall of Fame, capping what has to be the most effective grassroots campaigns for Cooperstown ever. I’m speaking of the one...
View ArticleOpening Day marches to March
In what figures to be a sterling matchup between Clayton Kershaw and Tim Lincecum, the Dodgers and Giants will play a rescheduled Opening Day game at Dodger Stadium on March 31 at 5 p.m. Of course,...
View ArticleLederer and Blyleven meet
Rich Lederer and Bert Blyleven met in a surprise visit at a Minnesota Twins fantasy camp event Wednesday. David Dorsey of the Fort Meyers (Fla.) News-Press has the story: … Rich Lederer, 55, had never...
View ArticleWhy am I posting about Rich Lederer?
Because his story never gets old. Lederer has a great writeup, with lots of photos, of his meeting with Bert Blyleven following Blyleven’s Lederer-boosted induction to the Hall of Fame.
View ArticleVideo: Rich Lederer meets Bert Blyleven
Just classic – first the introduction, and then Rich Lederer of Baseball Analysts telling the story of umping a Blyleven-pitched game four decades ago. * * * Here’s a recap of Saturday’s Supercross...
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