My Rangers got a wonderful win this afternoon, defeating the Red Sox by a score of 3-2 and winning their first series of the regular season! Today’s game really reminded me why I love baseball so much. It’s also reminded me how much fun it is to watch your team win.
From Jacob deGrom’s six strikeouts to the home runs hit by Adolis Garcia and Wyatt Langford, here are the highlights of a great game!
Oh, I’m in a good mood tonight! Despite some early struggles that gave me heartburn, the Rangers pulled off a 4-3 victory over the Red Sox! And Adolis Garcia got his first home run of the regular season!
Here’s hoping for our first 2025 series win tomorrow!
Go Rangers!
Tonight, the Texas Rangers defeated the Boston Red Sox, 4-11 It was the team’s first victory of the regular season and it also featured the first two Rangers home runs of the regular season! Both of those home runs were hit by Jonah Heim!
The Rangers are now 1-1.
Go Rangers!
It’s Opening Day! The Rangers played their first game of the regular season today, facing off against the Red Sox in Arlington. I watched the game and I was really hoping that we might start the season with a win. It didn’t happen. The Rangers went into the Ninth Inning 2-2 and they ended things trailing by three runs. Congratulations to the Red Sox on their 5-2 victory and especially to Wilyer Abreu on his two home runs. (That second home run brought in three runs in the 9th and won the game for Boston.)
I love baseball but it’s a lot more fun when your team wins! Luckily, it’s only the first game and there’s 161 left to go. There’s not a baseball team in existence that has ever had an undefeated season and that will never change. If a team ever does win 162 games in a row, they should just cancel baseball all together.
I love my team. My heart hurts that they lost but I know it’s going to sing when they get their first win of the 2025 season!
Go Rangers!
From 1989’s Major League, this is the way every baseball game should end. What I really love about this scene is that Tom Berenger wins the game not with a home run but with a bunt. That’s what baseball is all about.
Have you guessed yet that I really, really love baseball?
Yesterday, the college baseball season started.
Cade Belyeu, a sophomore outfield for Auburn University, lost his mom on Friday morning but, when he called to tell his coach the news, he said that he still wanted to play in that night’s game against Holy Cross. His mom, before she passed, said that she wanted him to play in the game.
On his third trip to the plate, this happened…
The homerun was the first of both the game and the season. As Belyeu rounded the bases, he pointed to where the ball had gone out of the stadium. The crowd, most of whom knew Belyeu’s story, erupted in cheers. After the game (which Auburn won 4-1), the fan who caught the ball returned it to the team and it was given to Belyeu.
Moment like this are why I love baseball.
Lisa asked me to pick today’s song of the day and you’ll never guess what it’s about!
Baseball!
If you’ve been to a game, you’ve heard Centerfield. If you’ve been to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, you’ve heard Centerfield a lot. This song captures everything that I and so many other people love about the great American pastime! I can’t wait to hear it again in just a few more weeks!
Well, I beat the drum and hold the phone
The sun came out today
We’re born again, there’s new grass on the field
A-roundin’ third and headed for home
It’s a brown-eyed handsome man
Anyone can understand the way I feel
Oh, put me in, coach
I’m ready to play today
Put me in, coach
I’m ready to play today
Look at me, I can be centerfield
Well, I spent some time in the Mudville Nine
Watching it from the bench
You know I took some lumps
When the Mighty Casey struck out
So say, “Hey Willie, tell Ty Cobb and Joe DiMaggio”
Don’t say it ain’t so you, know the time is now
Oh, put me in, coach
I’m ready to play today
Put me in, coach
I’m ready to play today
Look at me, I can be centerfield
You got a beat up glove, a homemade bat
And a brand new pair of shoes
You know I think it’s time to give this game a ride
Just to hit the ball and touch ’em all, a moment in the sun
It’s a-gone and you can tell that one goodbye
Oh, put me in, coach
I’m ready to play today
Put me in, coach
I’m ready to play today
Look at me, I can be centerfield (yeah)
Oh, put me in, coach
I’m ready to play today
Put me in, coach
I’m ready to play today
Look at me, gotta be centerfield
Yeah
Songwriter: John C. Fogerty
4 Or More Shots From 4 Or More Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films lets the visuals do the talking!
Here are 4 shots from 4 films about my favorite sport!
4 Shots From 4 Baseball Films
Eight Men Out (1988, Dir. by John Sayles)
A League Of The Own (1992, Dir. by Penny Marshall)
42 (2013, Dir. by Brian Hegeland)
Everybody Wants Some!!! (2016, Dir. by Richard Linklater)
It’s almost time for Spring Training and I’ve been thinking about some of my favorite baseball movies!
There are a lot of movies that I like but my absolute favorite baseball movie has to be Eight Men Out, which is about how the Chicago White Sox threw the World Series. What I like about is that, while looking at the economics and the politics about baseball, it never lost sight of everything that makes the game so special.
In the scene below, fans at a minor league game think they’ve spotted Shoeless Joe Jackson, one of the best players to have ever been banned from baseball, at bat.
Are you still having trouble getting in the mood for Valentine’s Day? Allow me to help with a series of covers that combine my two favorite things, love and baseball! These baseball romances are guaranteed to touch even the outfield of your heart. Plus, if you’ve been confused about the difference between first base, third base, and all the way, these books are here to help, just in time for Valentine’s Day!
Through the Shattered Lens 