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April 2, 2012 By 32 Comments

This week’s assignment from the League: Baseball!

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The kids are off for Spring Break and my allergies are raging, that must mean that baseball season has begun. Once again this week, the topic has been ripped from the mind of fellow League member, the Claymation Werewolf (whether he was aware of it or not).

This week’s league topic:

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Take me out to the ball game! America’s past time has been prominently featured  in pop culture for over a century, so this week, we’re talking baseball!

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League of Extraordinary BloggersIt’s weird because I honestly can’t tell you the last time I sat and watched an entire inning of baseball, but I love watching baseball movies. This week’s topic is fairly open-ended because I wanted to let everyone interpret it in their own way. I’d love to see some more artists in the League, so spread the word to your creative friends, and maybe this is the week they hop on board!

Once you put up a post on your site add a comment below with the URL. Next Monday, I will put up a post here on Cool & Collected with a list of all the contributing blogs. Once that list is posted, if you haven’t already done so, try to incorporate at least three of your fellow League members’ links (but more would be great!) into the article you wrote on your site.

By cross-posting like this, we will help each other out by sending new readers to each other’s sites. Have fun!

 

(Wondering what the heck this is all about? We’re recruiting for this loose-knit, rag tag crew! Here are the details for joining The League.)

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  1. TL says

    April 2, 2012 at 6:01 pm

    After a few weeks off, no way I’m skipping a week about baseball…

    http://mattandtimfunny.blogspot.com/2012/04/backyard-baseball.html

    Reply
    • Brian says

      April 2, 2012 at 10:53 pm

      TL gets 6 points for being first, but loses 3 for making me sad.

      Reply
  2. Jboypacman says

    April 2, 2012 at 6:53 pm

    This one might be a tough one for me but i will see what i can do.

    Reply
    • Brian says

      April 2, 2012 at 10:55 pm

      With the comments I’ve received here and on Twitter, I think the results this week are going to be particularly interesting. John, you’ve got to have some baseball items in your toy chest? Photography is always encouraged. 😉

      Reply
      • Jboypacman says

        April 6, 2012 at 2:30 pm

        No Baseball toys Brian but i did come up with something over at the Cosmic Ark so check it out buddy…..

        http://www.revengefromthecosmicark.blogspot.com/2012/04/league-of-extraordinary-bloggers.html

        Reply
  3. leftylimbo says

    April 3, 2012 at 7:29 am

    I’m happy to say that I finally have something to say. =)

    http://www.leftylimbo.com/2012/04/star-league-baseball/

    Reply
    • Brian says

      April 3, 2012 at 9:46 am

      Wow, we’re only two entries in this week and the nostalgia factor is exceeding all expectations. This is great!

      Reply
  4. Paxton Holley says

    April 3, 2012 at 5:19 pm

    Mine is written. It will probably go up on Thursday.

    Reply
    • Brian says

      April 3, 2012 at 6:08 pm

      Excellent! Can’t wait.

      Reply
  5. Dex (@Dex1138) says

    April 4, 2012 at 7:36 am

    Surprisingly, I have a post for this week!

    http://aeiouwhy.blogspot.com/2012/04/league-post-play-ball.html

    Reply
  6. Ashley says

    April 4, 2012 at 9:27 am

    OK, This one was a stretch But I have tried to narrow down my few baseball memories into this post: http://www.lifewithfandom.com/2012/04/league-baseball.html

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    • Brian says

      April 4, 2012 at 10:17 am

      I was hoping someone would ask “Who’s on first?” 😉

      Reply
  7. Reis O'Brien says

    April 4, 2012 at 10:23 am

    KAPOW! I came up with a little something. I actually really had fun with this one, thinking back on the few baseball memories from my youth.

    http://dorkhorde.blogspot.com/2012/04/league-of-extraordinary-bloggers-weekly.html

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    • Brian says

      April 4, 2012 at 10:47 am

      Oh man, a wave of nostalgia just crashed over me with the sight of those mini helmets. Who didn’t have some of those as a kid?

      And those handheld videogames were the hottest thing ever. I will never forget the sound of the ball being pitched — dee dee dee dee dee dededeeeee. Strike one!

      Reply
      • Dex (@Dex1138) says

        April 4, 2012 at 6:20 pm

        I remember as a kid getting helmets like that out of a vending machine along with the football ones. I have no idea why since I was never really into sports!

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      • leftylimbo says

        April 4, 2012 at 7:59 pm

        Aw man, I remember those helmets too, though I never got into collecting them. In 1980–’81 I totally remember all the boys in my class collecting those NFL team pencils. The Steelers ones were the most sought after. LoL only the truly daring would use them for pencil fights. =D

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        • Brian says

          April 6, 2012 at 9:39 am

          Football pencils were HUGE!

          Reply
  8. Paxton Holley says

    April 5, 2012 at 3:25 pm

    Mine dropped this morning. Loving all the entries this week so far.

    http://blog.paxholley.net/2012/04/05/i-field-a-fantasy-baseball-team-of-movie-ball-players/

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    • Brian says

      April 5, 2012 at 9:02 pm

      I would pay good money to see Billy Chapel pitch to Crash Davis. Great lineup!

      Reply
  9. ClarenceRHM says

    April 5, 2012 at 6:58 pm

    Hello, all,

    Here’s my lineup of pop culture baseball greats:

    http://redheadedmule.com/2012/04/rhm-pop-culture-baseball-all-stars/

    Hope you enjoy it!

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    • Brian says

      April 5, 2012 at 8:59 pm

      Oh man, Clarence, you win. I could barely keep up with all your players, but the fact that you had Willie Mays Hayes is reason enough to give your team the pennant.

      Reply
      • ClarenceRHM says

        April 5, 2012 at 10:34 pm

        Thank you, Brian.

        Team chemistry is very important. If Hayes can remember his job is to get on base then the offense may win a bunch. 🙂

        I forgot to include Bob Uecker as team announcer!

        Also, check out my other baseball article I made earlier this week. Winning Run on SNES was awesome back in the day:

        http://redheadedmule.com/2012/04/ken-griffey-jr-s-winning-run-baseballs-best-on-snes/

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        • Brian says

          April 5, 2012 at 11:28 pm

          I had forgotten just how many different video games there have been for baseball. My first video game was a hand held off-brand baseball game like the old Coleco games–a far cry from what the “kids” are playing these days on the consoles.

          Reply
  10. ClarenceRHM says

    April 6, 2012 at 1:31 am

    Coleco? I think I had an LED baseball game made by them. It required a 9 Volt battery, didn’t it?

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    • Brian says

      April 6, 2012 at 9:25 am

      Yeah, I had the Coleco Head to Head game which took a couple of 9-volts, but the more common games were the smaller handheld ones by Mattell which took just one 9-volt battery if I’m remembering right. Here’s the link to those Coleco games on eBay: http://bit.ly/HlvbzM

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      • leftylimbo says

        April 9, 2012 at 3:58 am

        I played the Mattel Electronics Basketball one religiously ’78–’79. You can see box art on this post: http://www.leftylimbo.com/2012/02/filling-in-the-blanks/

        You’ll also see how Touchgrove made an iPhone app repro of those games. Crazy.

        Reply
  11. Jon says

    April 7, 2012 at 4:38 am

    After a brief absence, I have returned!

    http://www.doubledumbassonyou.com/2012/04/07/the-league-of-extraordinary-bloggers-play-ball/

    Reply
    • Brian says

      April 7, 2012 at 9:34 am

      Great article– this one is the winner! (Now I need to get busy writing mine.)

      Reply
  12. Claymation Werewolf says

    April 8, 2012 at 12:11 pm

    Post is finally up. It’s very “down the rabbit hole” haha! I wrote all about my all-time favorite Baseball Movie!
    http://claymationwerewolf.blogspot.com/2012/04/baseball-movie.html

    Reply
  13. Kevin Hellions says

    April 8, 2012 at 2:43 pm

    Had to dig through the long boxes to answer this one:

    http://teamhellions.com/2012/04/08/the-league-of-extraordinary-bloggers-ix-baseball/

    Reply
  14. Brian says

    April 8, 2012 at 8:57 pm

    Whew! I barely got this one in on time: https://www.coolandcollected.com/an-ode-to-field-of-dreams/

    I think I wrote and rewrote this post more than any other article in recent memory. tough week.

    Reply

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