This is my 200th post here on my baseball blog.
I wish I could write more, but sometimes my health just doesn't allow it.
Hopefully the future will have me writing more about the greatest sport ever invented, the grand game of baseball.
I didn't really know what I should write about on this 200th edition of the blog.
I thought about several things, but nothing seemed to be worthy of such a milestone.
So, I decided, after some deliberation, that I'd just name the first 200 baseball things that come to my mind when I write this.
Yes, there will probably be a lot of old school baseball, and yes, there will be a lot of stuff about my beloved Detroit Tigers.
It's just a list.
If you would like to leave a list...feel free to in the comment section of this post.
1. The Baseball Hall of Fame
2. Cincinnati Red Stockings
3. Detroit Tigers
4. Tyrus Raymond Cobb
5. The World Series
6. Al Kaline, Mr. Tiger
7. Big Ed Delahanty
8. Lou Gehrig, The Iron Horse
9. The Box Score
10. The Sporting News
11. Bill Freehan...my boyhood hero...#11 for the Detroit Tigers
12. Tampa Bay Rays
13. Miami Marlins
14. Mike Schmidt
15. Jacksonville Suns
16. Whitey Ford
17. Babe Ruth, The "Sultan of Swat"
18. Brooklyn Dodgers
19. Ebbetts Field
20. Mark "The Bird" Fidrych
21. Ernie Harwell
22. Jack Brickhouse
23. Harry Carey
24. Willie Mays, The "Say Hey Kid"
25. Tony Conigliaro
26. Radio play by play
27. Honus Wagner
28. New York Highlanders
29. Boston Pilgrims
30. Dale Murphy, NL MVP '82-'83
31. Carlos Pena
32. "The Corner"...Tiger Stadium...Briggs Stadium...Navin Field...Bennett Park
33. Comerica Park
34. Louisville Slugger
35. Justin Verlander
36. Doc Medich
37. Pittsburgh Pirates
38. Crosley Field
39. The "Olde English" "D" of the Detroit Tigers
40. Billy Chapel
41. Tom Seaver
42. Jackie Robinson
43 1/8 Eddie Gadel
44. Hank Aaron
45. Joe Maddon
46. Jim Leyland
47. Jack Morris
48. Sandy Koufax
49. Johnny Vander Meer
50. Benny Agbayani
51. NBC Game of the Week
52. Joe Garagiola
53. Don Drysdale
54. Curt Gowdey
55. Orel Hershiser
56. The Polo Grounds
57. John McGraw
58. The 1919 Chicago Black Sox
59. Joe DiMaggio
60. Joe Jackson
61. Little League Baseball
62. The Sandlot
63. A League of Their Own
64. Spalding Baseballs
65. Rawlings Gold Gloves
66. The Negro Leagues
67. "Cool Papa" Bell
68. Kansas City Monarch
69. Pittsburgh Crawfords
70. Detroit Stars
71. Satchell Page
72. Carlton "Pudge" Fisk
73. Rusty Staub
74. Oakland A's
75. 755 Home Runs by Hammerin' Hank Aaron
76. The "Vet" in Phialdelphia
77. The All Star Game
78. Don Larson
79. The "Shot Heard 'Round the World."
80. Double Play ball
81. Nolan Ryan
82. Denton True "Cy" Young
83. The "Cy Young Award."
84. Stolen Base
85. The Home Run
86. Intentional Walk
87. Atlanta Crackers
88. Lansing Lugnuts
89. Walk Off Home Run
90. No-Hitter
91. Perfect Game
92. Armando Galaraga..."28 Out" Perfect Game
93. Charlie Hough
94. R. A. Dickey
95. The Knuckleball
96. Phil Niekro
97. Joe Niekro
98. The Houston Astrodome
99. Peter Gammons
100. Baseball's Centennial...1869-1969
101. Cap Anson
102. Biking 4 Baseball.org
103. The "Tools of Ingnorance." (Cather's Equipment)
104. The Toledo MudHens
105. The Slider
106. Tinkers to Evers to Chance
107. Cecil Fielder..."Big Daddy"
108. Prince Fielder
109. Miguel Cabrera
110. Baseball Cards
111. Topps Baseball Cards
112. The "Dead Ball Era"
113. "Take Me Out to the Ball Game"
114. Kalamazoo Lassies
115. Divisional Play
116. Baseball Expansion
117. Bud Selig
118. Kennesaw Mountain Landis
119. College Baseball World Series
120. Pee Wee Reese
121. Bull Durham
122. Crash Davis
123. Kevin Costner
124. Bob Uecker..."Mr. Baseball"
125. Derek Jeter
126. Major League...and ML 2...and ML Back to the Minors
127. Ivan "Pudge" Rodriguez
128. Keeping Score...HBP...HR...E-9...FC
129. Brooks Robinson
130. Ernie Broligo
131. Lou Brock
132. Ball Caps
133. Home Plate
134. "Sittin' in the Cat Bird Seat"...Mel Barber, Voice of the Brooklyn Dodgers
135. Mickey Cochrane
136. Mickey Mantle
137. California Angels
138. San Diego Padres
139. Dick Williams
140. Ozzie Smith, "The Wizzard of OZ"
141. Happy Chandler
142. Mordecai "Three Finger" Brown
143. Tim Kurkjian
144. Jimmy Wynn The "Toy Cannon"
145. Barry Larkin
146. The Designated Hitter
147. Pine Tar
148. Rosin Bag
149. The Pennant Race
150. Upper Deck seats
151. Washington Senators
152. Barry Bonds
153. Steroids in Baseball
154. Mark McGwire
155. Jose Canseco
156. The "$100,000" Infield...1910 Philadelphia A's
157. "Wahoo" Sam Crawford
158. Charlie Bennett
159. 1909 Honus Wagner Tobacco Card
160. The 'Miracle Mets'
161. Yaz
162. Doubleheaders...REAL Doubleheaders
163. Napoleon Lajoie
164. The Silver Slugger Award
165. Hot Dogs at the Ballpark
166. Eddie Matthews
167. Warren Spahn
168. Catching a foul ball at the ballpark
169. Playing catch
170. The "Junior Circuit"... American League
171. The "Senior Circuit"...The National League
172. Dizzy Dean
173. The "Gashouse Gang"
174. Scorcards & Programs
175. Getting run into a "Pickle"
176. "Pepper"
177. The National Pastime
178. Baseball Bloggers
179. Enos "Country" Slaughter
180. Centerfield Scoreboard
181. "Centerfield" by John Fogerty
182. Bullpen
183.7th inning Stretch
184. Lead-off hitter
185. Tommy John
186. "Tommy John" Surgery
187. Charlie Gehringer
188. MVP Award
189. The Sinker
190. The Screwball
191. Fernando Valenzuela
192. Ted Williams..."The Splendid Splinter"
193. The Natural
194. Roy Hobbs
195. The " Homer in the Gloaming"
196. Wrigley Field
197. Seattle Pilots
198. The Batters Box
199. Stealing Home
200. Cracker Jacks
So, there it is, 200 things about our National Pastime, baseball.
Please leave any comments, especially if I repeated an item.
Thanks again for all who read this baseball blog.
Play Ball!
No comments:
Post a Comment