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Haught's Thoughts

Oh, STFU and play ball!

Spring training has begun at last, and even that joyous occasion has been marred by the constant bleating and whining by so many about the Astros “cheating” their way to victory: “Altuve booed and hit […]

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Interviews

Steve Foucault

  Steve “Fookie” Foucault was a first-rate closer for the Texas Rangers, Detroit Tigers, and Kansas City Royals during the 1970s. He was part of the 1974 Rangers club that gave the eventual world-champion Oakland […]

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Haught's Thoughts

More than just breakfast

Some things — plenty of them, actually — are more important than baseball. This is one of them. The breakfast bar at Frisch’s Big Boy is one of my favorite places. It’s not exactly doctor-approved, […]

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Haught's Thoughts

You gotta love Gibby!

August 1, 2019 I just read an article on Larry Brown Sports that related Bob Gibson’s thoughts about hitters who crowd the plate (“it’s your plate, not his!”) and the Cubs’ Anthony Rizzo in particular. […]

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Haught's Thoughts

Thanks, Diamond Jim!

As a six-year old living in Baltimore, the Orioles were the first baseball team I followed. The 1961 season was the first one where I started paying attention to the games. And what a year […]

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Haught's Thoughts

Bob Gibson Has Pancreatic Cancer

July 14, 2019 Bob Gibson has pancreatic cancer. Unbelievable. I read the news this morning that Gibson had sent an email that was forwarded to his fellow Hall of Fame inductees, informing them that he […]

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Haught's Thoughts

Take Me Out to the Ballgame

The lyrics to baseball’s “theme song” were written by a man who was not a baseball fan. [getty src=”727070741″ width=”466″ height=”594″ tld=”com”]