Baseball

One of our favorite cartoon characters of all-time, Goofy, teaches us how to play baseball.  Given that Goofy is playing with a wooden bat, I don’t think this video is very recent. Actually, if I recall my Roman numerals correctly, it is from 1967.  Moreover, there is no mention of fantasy baseball.

by BallparkBob In the past, we’ve covered the Top 100 Sports Movies of all-time. We’ve also received a lot of publicity about the Top 50 Baseball Movies of all-time. We’ve even reprinted the New York Times all-time baseball movie team. And, we sure gave a lot of coverage to Moneyball prior to its release. Heck, [...]

In the past, we have done several of our Baseball Look-Alikes where we compare current Major League players with their celebrity doppelganger. This guy did a fantastic job in his research. Enjoy. Looking for a great cigar gift for someone special in your life? Visit Famous Smoke Shop for over 30 different cigar gift set [...]

In the past, we’ve named our All-Name team and we’ve even rated the best Christmas sports movies, but we’ve never put the two together.  So, in the spirit of the (Matt) Holiday Season, BallparkBob gives you the best Christmas baseball names. We’ve tried to stick with modern or active Major Leaguers, but sometimes the old-timers [...]

Justin Bieber First Pitch If you thought Justin Bieber was a bit wimpy before, take a look at him throwing out the first pitch at a Chicago White Sox game.  Bieber actually tries to wind up and act a little bit like he knows what he’s doing.  Then, he throws the ball and you realize [...]

Four Major League Baseball teams will sport new uniforms during the 2012 season.  Much has already been discussed about the new Miami Marlins uniforms that were presented on November 11, 2011 at 11:11 PM in typical Miami fashion.  Below, we review the new uniforms of the Marlins, San Diego Padres, Baltimore Orioles, Toronto Blue Jays, [...]

In typical South Beach fashion, the Miami Marlins showed off their new uniforms at 11:11 PM Friday night on 11/11/11.  In other news, the Marlins hosted Albert Pujols earlier in the day.

The newly named Miami Marlins will begin play in their new ballpark for the 2012 season.  Seats will be some of the closest to the field in all of MLB so be alert.  It will always be 75 degrees and sunny during every game in the new park thanks to the retractable roof that will keep out [...]