Category: Pop Culture
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Going Bananas: How Savannah Turned Baseball Into the Greatest Show on Dirt
By Bill Coleman They dance. They slide. They steal first base. Fans can catch a foul ball for an out. And somehow, in an age when baseball has struggled to hold the attention of casual fans, the Savannah Bananas have people lining up to watch. There was a time when baseball was supposed to be…
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The Commerce Comet After Dark: The Wild, Unfiltered Life of Mickey Mantle
By Bill Coleman By the time the stadium lights dimmed in the Bronx, another show was just getting started! The All-American Star Who Didn’t Fit the Mold On the field, Mickey Mantle was the embodiment of postwar baseball greatness with switch-hitting power, Oklahoma charm and the centerpiece of the New York Yankees dynasty. Off the field, he was something…
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The History of Baseball Video Games
BP Note: This is the second of our two-part post. Please access the first half post covering pinball machines linked here: The History of Baseball Pinball Machines. By Bill Coleman From Pixels to Pennants: The Evolution of Baseball Video Games Baseball, with its measured pace and statistical soul, has always seemed like a natural fit…
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The History of Baseball Pinball Machines
By Bill Coleman BP Note: This is a two-part post. The second half will cover baseball video game history, which we will release on Friday, May 15th. Silver Balls & Fastballs: The Lost Art of Baseball Pinball – Where the Arcade Meets the Ballpark There’s a certain magic in the sound of a pinball machine—the…
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Is it Possible to Combine One’s Love of Baseball and Babes? Morganna Says “Yes”!
By: Bill Coleman Morganna Roberts: The Kissing Bandit Who Stole the Spotlight In the long, rule-bound history of American sports, few figures have managed to disrupt the script quite like Morganna Roberts—better known to fans as “The Kissing Bandit”. Equal parts prankster, performer and pop-culture phenomenon, she turned spontaneous chaos into an unforgettable brand of entertainment. A…
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Hello Newman
There are so many terrific episodes from Seinfeld, which aired from 1989 through 1998. One of the most iconic moments from that series was when Kramer and Newman recanted the story of how Keith Hernandez of the New York Mets supposedly spit on them after a crushing loss. Here is a bit of the dialogue…
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The Natural
One of our favorite baseball movies is The Natural from 1984 starring Robert Redford as the fictional player Roy Hobbs. Truly an inspirational film and one that even a non-baseball fan would love. We remember this iconic film, since we feel it accurately juxtaposes the love of the game from the BP, many fans, and…
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Keith Hernandez: Greatest Moments
In this post, we will look at some of the greatest moments of Keith Hernandez, who played for 17 seasons mostly for the St. Louis Cardinals and the New York Mets. In Hernandez’s storied career he accomplished the following: In addition, many consider Hernandez to be the best defensive first baseman of all time. As…