Homer with some of his former teammates: Steve Sax, Wade Boggs and Ozzie Smith. (Photo: Milo Stewart, Jr.) Today, Homer Simpson was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. As a tribute to the infamous softball episode in which Homer and his team of MLB ringers defeated Shelbyville’s power plant, the Hall of Fame decided to […]

http://instagram.com/p/vOaPvIHdKJ/ The Athletics just shared the above quote from The Sandlot. It’s a good quote except for one problem: they misspelled “heroes.” However, if the quote was referring to the delicious sandwich, then it’s not a misspelling. But I don’t think Babe Ruth was talking about sandwiches. Or maybe he was? Advertisement Share this: Click […]

The Fan (1996) In 1996, a movie called “The Fan” was released. It was about a deranged, obsessive baseball fan who went to crazy lengths to try to “help” his favorite ballplayer succeed. Of course, it wasn’t fandom, but an unhealthy obsession that led to stealing, kidnapping and murder. I was only eight when this […]

I just got back from seeing “Million Dollar Arm” and this movie was very entertaining with a good amount of comedic pauses. Of course with Disney sports movies, this is what I expect. They know how to tell an uplifting story, take some moments to make it enjoyable and then teach a lesson. Let me […]

Samuel: When my copy of SI comes in, I am reading this! Originally posted on Inside Sports Illustrated: Twenty years ago nine kids took to a makeshift diamond to tell a story about baseball and capture the essence of youth in 1962. Two decades later, the actors from The Sandlot have scattered professionally and geographically, […]

Samuel: Eye-opening piece right here. After watching the movie, it’s good to know a little background about the “villains” in the film. Originally posted on HardballTalk: Rob Neyer is at his absolute best when he’s writing historically. He has a tremendously large baseball library and, it appears anyway, he either has most of it memorized […]

I came into the movie theater knowing that I wasn’t going to get a major history lesson of everything that happened during Jackie Robinson’s rookie year. But I knew that with Hollywood, the main message of the story would be told beautifully. That’s what I got when I saw “42” today. The movie doesn’t detail […]

Fantasy!!! Last year was the first time in about 10 years that I didn’t do fantasy baseball. It was a relief for me. Now as most of you know, baseball is my favorite sport and naturally fantasy should be something I do. But last year I didn’t re-join my old league and I enjoyed the […]