Barry Bonds was one of the first to start using maple bats. Over the past 5-years more and more ballplayers have ditched their old ash bats for the stronger and denser maple bats... Lately, they have been breaking in an explosive manner that has caused some baseball people to call for them to be outlawed... Jack Karsarjian president of X-Bats, the leader in maple bat production joins us for a little chat... Cabbie's "Fare of the Week" and much much more!

So, join us Sunday (8/10) at 12:00 PM EST as we welcome Jack Karsarjian as our guest on BASEBALL TALK w/ Carl the Cabbie & Dugout Joe. If you want to tune in live or listen at your own convenience, just click on the link below. If you want to talk to Jack Karsarjian, the call in # is 646-478-4570.

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Commissioner Selig Arranges Meeting Between Dupuy, Idelson and SaveTheFameGame.com in Cooperstown

COOPERSTOWN, NY (July 21, 2008) -- The SaveTheFameGame.com campaign today announced that Commissioner Bud Selig has arranged a meeting between SaveTheFameGame.com founder Kristian Connolly, Major League Baseball president Bob Dupuy, and Hall of Fame president Jeff Idelson in Cooperstown during the Hall of Fame's Induction weekend, which begins this Friday, July 25 and goes through Sunday, July 27.

The meeting will take place at the Hall of Fame at 10 a.m. ET on Saturday.

"While the ultimate goal was to sit down and talk with Mr. Selig directly, the opportunity to meet with Mr. Dupuy and Mr. Idelson is certainly a very positive development in the campaign to have the nearly 70-year-old Hall of Fame Game tradition continue," said Connolly. "I thank Mr. Selig for arranging this meeting, and I cannot help but view the upcoming meeting as a validation of the campaign, as a recognition of the impact that passionate baseball fans from all over the country can have on the national pastime's direction and future, and as a signal of MLB's and the Hall of Fame's willingness to rethink the decision to end the great baseball, American and Cooperstown tradition of the Hall of Fame Game."

SaveTheFameGame.com had sent Commissioner Selig three separate letters asking for "the opportunity to discuss with you the passion that exists for keeping a great American and baseball tradition alive ... and have an open discussion about options for retaining Major League Baseball's participation in the Hall of Fame Game, as it has been since 1940."

Full text of SaveTheFameGame.com's three letters to the commissioner, as well as the prior two responses from Mr. Selig, can be found in the "Press Releases" or "Letters" sections of the SaveTheFameGame.com.


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Here's this years field for the Homerun Derby. Who's your favorite to win?

 

Lance Berkman Houston Astros	281	22	--	--	--	--
Ryan Braun Milwaukee Brewers	56	22	--	--	--	--
Josh Hamilton Texas Rangers	39	20	--	--	--	--
Evan Longoria Tampa Bay Rays	16	16	--	--	--	--
Justin Morneau Minnesota Twins	124	14	--	--	--	--
Grady Sizemore Cleveland Indians	100	22	--	--	--	--
Dan Uggla Florida Marlins	81	23	--	--	--	--
Chase Utley Philadelphia Phillies	122	25

 

Past Winners of Homerun Derby:

2007	VladimirGuerrero		17	400K
2006	Ryan Howard		23	350K
2005	Bobby Abreu		41	350K
2004	Miguel Tejada		27	350K
2003	Garret Anderson		22
2002	Jason Giambi		24

 

Until then, see ya at the Homerun Derby!

Finally in New York.

That's right -- finally it's an All-Star summer in the Big Apple. Finally we have the glory to shine for America's greatest game. Finally, we have the title of hosting the fan favorite All-Star game.

Went to the All-Star FanFest yesterday and I'll be posting a ton of pictures from it. Had the opportunity to meet Billy Sample, Jack McDowell, Jeff Nelson and Harold Reynolds. Let me just say that Reynolds is a gentleman, McDowell funny as ever, Sample an historian and Nelson nice and engaging. Also met Mike and the Mad Dog and it looks like there's no rivalry there. So, running until July 15th head over to The Javits Center get your tickets and enjoy a lineup of festivities -- from a USA Today cover photo to the Homerun Derby to many other challenges and exhibits available.

Until then, see at the All-Star game.

Yes...I've been a bad boy! A bad boy in the sense that I haven't written anything and have been sucked up in my real job. I'm back and will be posting regularly again like I have in the past. For all the new bloggers out there, I've been with MLBlogs for about three years now and must say that Mark Newman does a real good job. He's down-to-earth and gives everyone a chance in so many different ways. As my old professor from college told me "don't burn any bridges." I will be at the All-Star Fan Fest on Saturday with camera in hand. It should be fun and does good for the game. Until then, see ya at the park!

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Selig Is Asked to Meet with SaveTheFameGame.com in Cooperstown Next Month

COOPERSTOWN, NY (June 20, 2008) -- The SaveTheFameGame.com campaign today sent a two-page letter to Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig to request a meeting while the commissioner is in Cooperstown next month for the Hall of Fame's Induction ceremony. The Hall of Fame's Induction Weekend is July 25-28.

In the letter, which was both mailed and faxed to the commissioner's Milwaukee office, SaveTheFameGame.com creator and Cooperstown native Kristian Connolly asks Mr. Selig for "the opportunity to discuss with you the passion that exists for keeping a great American and baseball tradition alive, share some of the sentiment that is out there with regard to the choice that the league and the players union made in deciding to end it, and have an open discussion about options for retaining Major League Baseball's participation in the Hall of Fame Game, as it has been since 1940."

Full text of the letter is copied below, and includes a poem also sent to the commissioner that was written and sent to SaveTheFameGame.com by baseball fan Dennis Segrue. The poem mimics Ernest Thayer's famous baseball poem "Casey at the Bat", and has the Hall of Fame Game, Cooperstown and Commissioner Selig as its topic.

Earlier this week, SaveTheFameGame.com was in Cooperstown for 2008 Hall of Fame Game festivities, including the Cooperstown Game Day Parade, and its efforts have helped result in an average of nearly 100 emailed letters per day going to Commissioner Selig, MLB president Bob Dupuy, Players Association head Don Fehr and Hall of Fame president Jeff Idelson over the past week, all asking them to reverse the decision to end the annual Hall of Fame Game after 2008.