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Andy Van Slyke: Not a Fan of the Helmet Rule

One of the things I'm still not used to seeing this spring is the first and third base coaches all paying their respect to John Olerud this season by wearing those batting practice helmets while out in the field this season. It's a new rule baseball passed after the death of Mike Coolbaugh, who died after being hit in the...

Andy Van Slyke Will Never Change

I don't know how things work in other cities, but whenever a managerial or coaching or front office job opens up with any of the major or collegiate sports teams in Pittsburgh, immediately the names of Pittsburghers and ex-players for the teams get mentioned in the local media. Sometimes they get the job and succeed (Bill...

Andy Van Slyke Is Not Above the Law

Anyone that's familiar with Andy Van Slyke's playing or coaching career knows that the Tigers first base coach is not a terribly serious guy about much of anything. And so no one should be surprised that Van Slyke's reaction to having trouble with his subway tickets in New York City over the weekend was to just jump the...

Rafael Betancourt Needs to Throw the Ball a Bit Quicker

Remember way back in February when MLB introduced a few new and exciting rules to the game? Well, one of them was pitchers were only allowed 12 seconds between pitches on the mound with no runners on base. Rafael Betancourt got called for it twice Tuesday night.A ball was added to the count of Carlos Guillen's at-bat in...

Andy Van Slyke Will Literally Get In Your Face

Count me among the fans of Curtis Granderson's blog on ESPN.com, especially when he hits the mailbag. From today's post:Q: I've noticed that Andy Van Slyke is a really close talker. Does he ever creep you out?-- Jerry (Farmington, Mich.)No, he isn't creepy. The main reason he is close is to relay information to me so I...

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05/21/12 Father-son baseball duos make us feel old Source: The Orange County Register - Orange County CA There are so many fathers and sons who've played the kids' game of baseball over the decades that it's tough to keep track.
05/15/12 Van Slyke batting third for Dodgers on Tues. - Scott... Source: Rotoworld.com Van Slyke will play right field and bat fifth against Arizona left-hander Wade Miley.
05/10/12 Van Slyke's Debut Spices Up a Sluggish Dodgers-Giants... Source: LAist It's funny how the Major League's third oldest ballpark celebrating its 50th birthday throughout the season has been the setting of the wave of the future.
05/07/12 Sally Van Slyke: Memoir offers dish on Hollywood Source: SFGate.com - San Francisco CA She looks like a mild-mannered suburban caterer, but Sally Van Slyke, founder of Wild Thyme Catering and Event Management in Walnut Creek, has a storied past.
05/03/12 The Bizarro Hall of Fame: The Class of 2001 Source: Bus Leagues Baseball The Bizarro Hall of Fame was a series I ran on my old blog, One More Dying Quail, in 2007.