X-Bats President on Baseball Talk

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.

                    Baseball Talk w/Carl the Cabbie & Dugout Joe
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HOF Game: Saved or Not?

Save the Hall of Fame Game                                                Contact:

Kristian Connolly
240-751-0747


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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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HOF Jerome Holtzman

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Red Foley 1928-2008

 
For all the print people, the name Red Foley says it all. Someone I admired.




Celebrated official scorer passes away at 79
 
(Central Islip, N.Y., July 15, 2008) - Long time newspaper writer and baseball aficionado Red Foley passed away yesterday after battling illness for the past year. Red worked with the Ducks from 2000-2007 as an official scorer, something he had done at the Major League level for many years. Most of us that came in contact with Red have stories to tell or fond memories of time spent in his presence. There aren't too many characters like Red Foley that you come across in life and we'll miss him.
 
On Friday night, the Ducks will fly the flags at half staff and observe a pregame moment of silence in his memory.
 
Courtesy Long Island Ducks.
 

Homerun Derby '08

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!

All-Star FanFest

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.

Back in the Saddle

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!

Save the Hall of Fame Game

Save the Hall of Fame Game                                                Contact:

Kristian Connolly
240-751-0747


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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.

A National Game

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A Nationals Tribute

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