Baseball Purist

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  • Next Stop: The Ballpark

    Next Stop: The Ballpark

    By: Bill Coleman When Major League Baseball Players Skip the Luxury Car and Take the Train! Professional baseball players are often associated with luxury SUVs, chauffeured town cars and gated communities.  Yet throughout Major League Baseball history, a surprising number of stars have preferred something much more ordinary: public transportation. Whether it’s the New York…

  • The Death of Sign Stealing – Part 1

    The Death of Sign Stealing – Part 1

    Another aspect of MLB meddling in the fundamentals of the game, which has led to the …… dehumanization, standardization, homogenization, and over-regulation of baseball has been the introduction of Pitchcom.  For those of you not aware of Pitchcom here is a bit of history: PitchCom is a wireless communication system used in baseball that lets…