Starting from Scratch - The Ball Itself

If you guessed the topic correctly based on how I ended the last entry, good job.

Major League Baseballs are made by the Rawlings Company, which you can see by simply looking at the logo above the sweet spot on a ball. It doesn't need to be an official Major League ball, either. At any given sporting goods store, nearly all the baseballs you see will be made by Rawlings. They're not limited to just the balls either; their specialty is any baseball equipment, and remain the most recognizable brand name in the game at any level.

In 1955, Rawlings was purchased by the Spalding Company, who, at the time, was the exculsive supplier of balls to the Major Leagues. For the 1976 season, Spalding passed those duties to Rawlings permanently.

Introducing BaseBlog 2.0

The final chapter of  the off-season transition.

You have 19 reasons to see why this season was great if you click on the archives on the right.

Dear Readers-

The season transition continues with the second installment of my three part series.

To start, thank you.

If you're reading this, it means you've taken time out of your day to look at my work. Chances are, this isn't your first visit either.

Season in Review

Part one of a three part series on my transition between seasons.

Lets jump right into it, shall we?

I came out of 2012 with 19 games attended at 7 different ballparks:

Now that the year is officially over, I'd like to examine how I did on my list of goals I compiled before the season.

I thought of these way back in February. I didn't have all my plans together at that time, so it ended up being a very generic, neutral list. Nothing going on during the season influenced me. That's not a bad thing, either. It was almost like someone else thought of them for me, since it wasn't a "write them down as you go" sort of thing.