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Dec 20, 2025

December 16, 2025

Heard Truly ‘Round the World

by James Finn Garner

Yes, baseball’s been played at the pole
‘Tis the craziest story yet tole
The ball once in play
Could be live yesterday
Or tomorrow, whiche’er way it rolled.

Submariners from the ‘USS Seadragon’, playing the first ballgame at the North Pole, 1960.

“After surfacing and getting the submarine settled, one of the first tasks they undertook was the organization of the very first baseball game at the North Pole. But this was no ordinary game! The field was aligned with the pitcher’s mound as close to the North Pole as possible, which set up some really crazy situations:
If a batter hit a ‘homerun,’ he would circumnavigate the world as he rounded the bases;
If the ball was hit into right field, it flew into ‘tomorrow’;
A ball hit to left field remained in the same day, but if it was then thrown to first base it entered ‘tomorrow’;
If the right fielder caught a fly ball, he caught it the next day, which meant the batter could not be considered out for another 24 hours, but if the ball was caught as a line drive and thrown back towards second or third base, it was being thrown back into yesterday.”
Jean Willoz-Egnor, “Mariner’s Museum”

Officers/Chief Petty Officers that day lost to the Crew, 13-10.

Reposted by Jim Koenigsberger (@jimfrombaseball on Twitter)

December 18, 2025

MLB All-Manger Team

by Doug Kor

1B Frankincense Howard
2B Starlin Castro
SS Cresh Davis
3B King Kelly (1)

RF Myrrh Throneberry
CF Jesus Alou
LF Dave Kingman (2)

C Hank Camelli

DH Babe Ruth

P Michael King (3)

MGR José María Fernández

December 19, 2025

A Christmas Wish

There are times I think Connie Mack
Might want to have his old team back
To start a new term
With his “white pachyderm”
With the style Sacramento lacks.