Throwback Thursday (aka massive links dump, continued)

Since I posted the first of these on a Thursday, which is known on social media as a time of reflection, I thought to make it a regular thing under this rubric. These are kind of fun; it’s like a box of chocolates — you never know what you’re gonna get. (Actually, I never understood that famous quote from Forrest Gump. If it’s a box of chocolate covered cherries, don’t you know exactly what you’re going to get?)

On the one hand, I’m happy to report that I’m catching up / running out of these old links (some are no longer “with us”). On the other hand, it’s been cool reminiscing.

As a reminder,

I highly recommend Pocket as a way to hold onto links you come that you want to keep. Unlike bookmarks, Pocket keeps the entire page and makes it relative easy for you to find stuff you “pocketed.” I have keepers going back six years — more than 5,000 links — and I’ve decided it’s time to start cleaning house so here are some submitted for your amusement, perusal, and education. Some are not current, but in a sense, they’re timeless. They’re presented in reverse order (oldest first).

A reminder that Israel tried to compete on the international stage by fielding a team in the qualifiers for the most recent World Baseball Classic. The squad was managed by Detroit Tigers skipper Brad Ausmus and included such past, present, and future JMLs as Shawn Green, Gabe Kapler, Josh Zeid, and Josh Satin.
It’s hard to believe the stuff some media people get away with and still manage to remain employed. Case in point: Mike Francesa of WFAN opined on Jews taking a “loyalty oath” following the attacks on the World Trade Center. The New York Post‘s media writer Phil Mushnick called him on it.
Time/Life Magazine hosts a wonderful photo gallery. It’s a real blast from the past. Offering include pieces on women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, Minnie Minoso,and Joe DiMaggio, among others. It’s not a very easy site to navigate, unfortunately, but if you’re patient, you’ll find some nice hidden treasures.
A musical tribute to Stan Musial: “Stan The Man (St. Louis Stan),” sung by Dennis Massa as a Youtube video. Here’s an audio for another tune: “Willie Mays Is Up At Bat.” “This song isn’t really about Willie Mays, but it’s pretty good,” according to the post.
This will need a comparison: According to Craig Robinson’s FlipFlopFlyball site, the cumulative time of games for the 2011 season was 7,148 hours and 41 minutes. He breaks it down team by team.
ESPN hosts a series of Sports Science videos. There are ones about baseball there, but you have to dig around for them a bit.
For those of you who can’t get enough numbers and analysis, check out the Brooks Baseball site, which offers “Pitch tracking. Simplified. For Sabermetricians, Scouts, Scientists, and Fans” (their emphasis).
It seems that anytime I post an entry to Facebook about baseball during the late 30s-late 40s, I’ll get a comment from George Case, Jr., son of the former major leaguer who played for 11 years, mostly with the Washington Senators. Junior produced Timeless Baseball, “A ‘behind the scenes’ look at major league baseball through the eyes of a major league ballplayer all in COLOR…” (his emphasis).
From James Bailey in 2012, a piece on that spring’s recommended baseball titles.
That year also marked the 20th anniversary of The Simpsons‘ classic, “Homer at the Bat.” I’m sure you can find the entire episode online with a little bit of effort. In the meantime, here’s this: