Thanks to Tony Finocchiaro for sending this photo of Albert Pujols hitting.
From Tony’s email:
The photographer, Scott Rovak, says in 26 years of shooting baseball, he’s been able to get a photo of the ball “embedded” in the bat only three times. This one happened because he knows Pujols’ swing well enough to fire a shot [...]

The Tao of Jose
Who knew Jose was so deep and caring; almost makes me want to cry.

I’m figuring out how to automatically send you email when I create a new post on the website. This post is a simple test. We’ll see if the right thing gets sent. If you see this in your email inbox on Wednesday morning, then it worked.
No need to do anything. I’m on the list too, [...]

Another one of our baseball buddies has left us. Bill Beckman lost his battle with liver cancer on Sunday, May 15, 2011.

Bill was a long time member of the Fresno Grizzlies, a pitcher, outfielder, power hitter, and sometimes manager.
He played one  tournament with the Antiques, in the 2009 Roy Hobbs World Series, 60+ division. He [...]

Some of you know Ron Monks. He was the original founder of Roy Hobbs baseball. He has played with the Antiques in tournaments for many years. He played a couple of years for the Antiques in TriValley.
He is now living in Odessa, Ukraine. He has been promoting baseball in Odessa. Friends in the US have [...]

If you are interested to see how baseballs and other equipement is made check it out at this web page.
http://www.reliableplant.com/view/25724/how-baseballs-are-manufactured

The old site seemed to be too complicated for many of our guys. So I’m switching to a new software platform to drive this new site. The most recent announcements will appear on the front page of the site. In the sidebar on the right, you’ll be able to navigate to other resources on the [...]