A little bit o' awesome...

1) BMorrow's gonna be around for a while! Just announced yesterday that Mr. Morrow is signed to be around  for the next three (possibly 4) years. Bringin' some heat behind RickyRo with a little added "a**hole" to boot! Gotta love his lovely wife's celebration of the signing.


2) E.T. is tweeting home! Err, wait. E.T. is now on Twitter! Check him out at @EThames14. Twitter highlight so far? Last week he put out an open call for questions, any questions as he "lust[ed] for entertainment." And believe me, ask Twitterverselings did.


JaysGirl5

Baseball Bookshelf Recommendation #5

We live in a world with incredibly high access to the baseball players and teams we root for. From websites, Twitter, MLBFanCave and even a show ("The Franchise) going behind the scenes with the Giants - we can almost get to know players off the field more than on the field now. 

But despite all this access, most of us will never really know or understand what it's like in the Brotherhood of Professional Baseball Players. We'll never really be able to know what it's like behind the clubhouse doors or in the dugout as an insider. 

Part of that brotherhood is "The Code". You know, the unwritten rules about not running up a score in a blowout, not mentioning a no-hitter or perfect game while it's underway, and many other intricate, debatable rules that govern the game of baseball on the field and unofficially. 

For an excellent sneak peek behind the clubhouse curtain, check out The Baseball Codes: Bean balls, Sign stealing and Bench-clearing Brawls: The Unwritten Rules of American's Pastime by Jason Turbow. 

Whether you believe in the existence or relevance of "The Code", Turbow offers some great anecdotes about the different aspects and executions of players policing themselves. He definitely also offers some great material to spark debate about the place of "the code" into today's game of baseball.

Above all, The Baseball Codes is an enjoyable read filled with great stories from the last fifty years of baseball from the player perspective.

Definitely passes the I.T.C.B. Baseball Bookshelf reading-worthy test.

Can you smell Spring Training yet fellow fans? 

JaysGirl5