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By: Randal Favila

Randal Favila — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 13:13:23 +0000

Remember that happiness is a way of travel – not a destination.

By: Katy

Katy — Wed, 04 May 2011 16:31:57 +0000

Nice site! You sure put in a lot of work here and people do seem to enjoy your anecdotes and baseball insights. Since baseball is your passion and you spend a lot of time on the computer keeping this site up to date, you should get paid. You may have already started looking into this. However, if you haven’t, I know the owner of a website, dumblittleman.com. He has sponsors for his site and I’m sure if you contact him he would be happy to give you tips on getting sponsorship. Congratulations on all of your successes! Say “HI” to the P’s.

By: Paul

Paul — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 17:24:59 +0000

How much time do you got?

1) Infield… Need a full season from Aramis Ramirez, which doesn’t look like it will ever happen again. Would be nice to get a defensive upgrade, too.

2) Outfield… Do the Cubs have any real bangers in the outfield? Sam Fuld? Soriano, Fukudome and Bradley were disappointing (to say the least), but compare the offensive production in the outfield with the rest of the NL and they look very weak. And that was a lot of money spent on lousy production.

3) Catching… Soto can come back. He could use a fresh start next year – and start the season healthy rather than playing in the World Baseball Classic.

4) Starting pitching. I’d resign Harden, but this is a strength for the Cubs. Need Zambrano to be a lean, mean, pitching machine. So – hire him a personal trainer and chef.

5) Bullpen. Not horrible. Sure – every guy they tried as stopper made you wince the way Mitch Williams used to, but bringing back Kerry Wood won’t matter. The Cubs need more leads, and that means more offense.

Long and short, the Cubs win when they lead the NL in runs scored. So, finding offense in the outfield and a healthy Geovany Soto would go a long way to fixing that.

By: Bob Holden

Bob Holden — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 20:26:09 +0000

Very nice site !!!

What do the Cubs have to do for ’10 ???

Take care !

By: Paul Proia

Paul Proia — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 23:39:00 +0000

Thanks for writing! (And buying!)

I’ll get the book out by the end of the week – I usually ship media mail, so it’s five days to deliver.

If you are looking for a nice “slice of life” read, I’d go with “Glory of Their Times”. All first person rememberances of the early days. There are plenty of pretty good baseball history books. The most complete is probably The Bill James Historical Abstract – which is probably in paperback now. You have to deal with some of his statistical modeling, but the history section (first third or so) is really, really good.

After that, it’s really subject to your taste.

Let me know what you think of the book. I haven’t gotten any reviews on Amazon.com, for example, and I’d like to get some feedback!

Thanks again, John – and drop me a note any time.

Paul

By: John Bach

John Bach — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:20:02 +0000

Paul,

Great site! The Red Sox are turning me into a baseball nut. What are a couple of the best books on the early days of the game?

Just bought your book; can’t wait to read it!

All best,
John

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:11:09 +0000

Thanks for the visit!

By: Sam Z.

Sam Z. — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:21:02 +0000

Paul:

Love the website and I just added to “My Favorites”. I look forward to checking in often.

Let’s play ball!

By: Mike C.

Mike C. — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:36:49 +0000

Nice site. No wonder you’re up till midnight every night!

By: paulproia

paulproia — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:45:25 +0000

Thanks for your kind words… Just getting started – so still hobby for now… Would I like to turn this into something bigger, sure. Who wouldn’t? I’ll try to keep it current. If you like what is here, share the link with your friends!

Paul