Jim Bailey
Recent Stories by Jim Bailey
Spahn misses benefits of dimes deal
posted: 05/22/2012 2:16 a.m. Discuss
Warren Spahn, the great left hander, might have busted the baseball salary barrier years ahead of anyone else if he had been willing to take a gamble 60 years ago.
Sevier sized up for Tech contributions
posted: 05/15/2012 3:23 a.m. Discuss
No one could prove it now, but 59 years ago Don Sevier was no doubt the largest college athlete in Arkansas.
Is real age catching up to Pujols?
posted: 05/08/2012 3:22 a.m. Discuss
According to an ESPN report, Albert Pujols was booed Friday night by a crowd of 33,160 while the Los Angeles Angels lost a home game 4-0 to the Toronto Blue Jays. In his 27th game with the Angels, Pujols went hitless in four tries, dropping his batting average to .194.
Halls erected around popular picks
posted: 05/01/2012 3:25 a.m. Discuss
It makes sense that halls of fame take special care while picking popular honorees for a charter banquet.
Spahn, Sain linked by slogan, success
posted: 04/24/2012 3:12 a.m. Discuss
Many adult Americans find “Spahn and Sain, pray for rain” or “Spahn and Sain, two days of rain” familiar phrases, although some no longer recall what they meant. Actually, they meant very little.
Bad injury bad break for Baucum
posted: 04/17/2012 3:25 a.m. Discuss
Quality athletes were always scarce in our family until Don Baucum, one of my cousins, surfaced as a national blue chipper at the beginning of the 1950s. It turned out he had everything except luck.
Best teams struck out with Series loss
posted: 04/10/2012 3:23 a.m. Discuss
To be vividly remembered down through the ages, any first rate major league team must avoid the pitfalls of the postseason. In other words, don’t lose the World Series.
Pujols showed promise from the start
posted: 04/03/2012 3:23 a.m. Discuss
National League pitchers finally managed to deny Albert Pujols his 11th consecutive .300 major league season last year. He settled for .299, while prospering otherwise.
Inexplicably, ‘Rube’ outsmarted them
posted: 03/27/2012 3:32 a.m. Discuss
In 1929, a left-handed pitcher called Rube Robinson quietly concluded a remarkable career by going 2-2 in eight games for the Atlanta Crackers in the Southern Association. Now, 83 years later (47 years after his death), he is soon to be inducted by the Texas League Hall of Fame.
Dallas County keeps celebration going
posted: 03/20/2012 3:58 a.m. Discuss
The most puzzling aspect about the Dallas County Sports Hall of Fame is why it took the county’s residents so long to celebrate the area’s rich athletic tradition.
