“Baseball is not just a sport but a show, by far the most attractive for Cubans.” – Victor Mesa

Victor Mesa is one of the most storied figues in Cuban baseball.  As touched on in Commie Ball,  Victor Mesa is the manager of the Villa Clara Orangemen of the Cuban National Series. “El Loco” (as he is called by fans, as well …

Lazaro de la Torre is the all time wins leader for the Havana Industriales and has pitched in 4 different decades.  His first season was in 1978-79 where he went 12-3 with a 2.99 ERA in 114IP.  He then went on to go 7-0 in the Select Series.  Not bad for a rookie, especially considering at that time aluminum bats …

Great Kelly Gruber Interview

*Edit: For the definitive Kelly Gruber post, please see “Kelly Gruber: Greatest Blue Jays 3B of All Time”

My favourite Blue Jay by far – Kelly Gruber – was in town a week ago today for the Flashback Friday gimmick.  Gruber, a father of 4, took 2 of his sons (Kyle,14 & Kolton, 12 - absent was Kody, 18) on the …

Q & A on Canadians and the Baltimore Orioles

 

 

We asked the head huncho of Camden Chat Scott Christ (Make it a point to check out this website. It delievers multiple updates daily on the Orioles, and is an Orioles fans community in every sense of the word) a few questions about the top Canadian Born Players that are in Orioles spring camp. Onto …

I saw this Nike commercial on SportsCenter and forgot how good it was. I love me some baseball commercials and it has been a while since we’ve had a MopUpDuty YouTube article so here are a few of my favourites:

Tom Glavine and Greg Maddux go on a mission to bulk up and get chicks like Mark McGwire.

A profile on highly …