The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City launched a campaign today on Twitter. Their goal is to get 100,000 followers in time to celebrate what would have been the legendary Buck O’Neil’s 100th birthday on November 13th. The message has been tweeted and retweeted, but it can’t hurt to give the Museum a little…
I just finished watching HBO’s new documentary The Curious Case of Curt Flood. Wow. The story is a familiar one to me, but I was anxiously awaiting this film to see how they translated Flood’s fight against baseball’s reserve clause to the small screen. The result was as powerful and emotional as Flood’s story itself and…
The wait is over – the other shoe has fallen. Yesterday was the doubleheader in Oakland and it was divine. Today came the promotional encore: Dallas Braden Bobblebelly Day in Stockton, CA. A little backstory for those less familiar with A’s pitcher Dallas Braden. Dallas Braden is a lefthanded pitcher for the Oakland Athletics. Dallas…
Man, do I love a doubleheader. Nothing brings out the baseball fanatic in me like the prospect of spending nearly eight hours at the ballpark. And that is exactly what I got today here in Oakland. The A’s, more than living up to their reputation for a strong promotional calendar, scheduled a classic doubleheader against…
I came across this gentleman and his incredible statement of a t-shirt at Mosswood Park in Oakland last Sunday afternoon. The occasion was the Oakland Colonels hosting the New Almaden Cinnabars in a game of the Bay Area Vintage Base Ball league. Long time A’s fans are growing increasingly disgusted with Wolff as he tries to…
Greetings friends and fellow baseball fans and welcome to The Baseball Diaspora. The Baseball Diaspora is a blog (and eventually a podcast…hopefully) aimed at chronicling the experience of baseball fans “in the diaspora” and how being separated from their team impacts their fandom and the manner in which they consume the game. Born of a desire to keep…
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