It’s not likely that you’ll get face-time with one of the 50 greatest batters of your lifetime. It’s even less likely that you’ll have recently been allowed to write abook about such a subject and get to show that batter his chapter in your book. And it’s way way less likely that you’ll compare that batter to Pedro Cerrano as you hand him a copy of said book. But when BSG meets Jim Thome, we’d expect nothing less.
10. June 2010
If you’ve read his book, then you know BSG is a bay area native. If not, Amazon’s got plenty of copies of A Love Letter to Baseball just waiting for you to enjoy! So it was quite the homecoming last week when BSG took the field at Oakland Coliseum to chat it up with the A’s. Only slightly less interesting to the crowd than the post-game fireworks, BSG was still able to talk stances with Andrew Bailey and Daric Barton. Enjoy!
8. June 2010
14K’s. Not a bad start. But was the stance better? You be the judge.
8. June 2010
Last night the Washington Nationals drafted 17 yr old hitting golden boy, Bryce Harper, 1st overall. Tonight, in a story receiving almost no media attention, the Nats pitching prospect phenom (say that 3 times fast) Stephen Strasburg, takes the mound for the 1st time. Big news for sure, but the Washington rookie drafted after Strasburg last year (and called up first), Drew Storen, is the first of those 3 to play Questions From My Daughters with BSG, sooooo…… what’s bigger?
7. June 2010
Stop us if you’ve heard this one, but apparently something went down in Detroit this week involving a pitcher, an umpire, and a 28 out Perfect Game. Well BSG wants to chime in too, so for his take on the Galarraga/Joyce debacle, and the rest of the news from the 9th week of the 2010 season, here’s the Week-In-Review!
4. June 2010
BSG will be back in the Bay Area tonight for a book signing @ Oakland Coliseum as the A’s take on the Twins! If you missed BSG’s media assault on the Bay Area last week, don’t worry, it’s NBC Bay Area’s Laurence Scott to the rescue. We’ve got his story on BSG’s Bay Area roots right here for your Friday. Once more for fun… Bay Area. Enjoy!
3. June 2010
Father’s Day is just around the corner folks, and we’ve got the perfect gift for your Dad! To help get you in that Dad kinda mood, BSG and Urlesque.com bring you the top 10 MLB Father-Son batting stances. And just to prove that we’re not the only ones running book contests these days, the folks at Urlesque are giving away copies just for sharing your favorite team with them. Enjoy!
2. June 2010
REPLAY : Well Nats fans, you may have missed a Strasburg start last night, but we’ve got the next best thing… it’s BSG at your park! So come out to Nationals Park tonight to see BSG on the field for pre-game, and bring a copy of your book (you have bought it right) to have the stance-master himself sign it. Who knows, maybe he’ll play questions from his daughters with you.
1. June 2010
To help get the word out about the new Batting Stance Guy book, we here at BSG headquarters would like to turn to you, our dedicated and loyal web patrons. All through the month of June we’ll be running weekly contests to win signed copies of the book. All you have to do to compete is embed this book trailer video on your site. Each week the embedded video with the most views (as tracked by YouTube analytics) wins! Follow the guidelines in the post to enter.
31. May 2010
Sorry for the delay on the weekly review folks. What can we say, even BSG enjoys a good Memorial Day in Tahoe. But we’ve got you covered on all the past week’s top stories from around the league. Be it Buster Posey jumpstarting the Giants’ offense, Mr. Perfection himself, Roy Halladay, going for the 2nd perfect game in a matter of weeks, or the marriage of his cousin Libby Frantz, BSG’s on the case. Enjoy!
29. May 2010
TRANSLATE VIDEO AND WIN A SIGNED COPY OF THE BSG BOOK!!
The other week BSG made an appearance on the LA-based Japanese network, UTB Hollywood. He had a great time, and the segment looks wonderful, but our Japanese is, well… rusty. Sure we could use Google Translate, but we thought we’d turn to the BSG community to help us out. So be the first to post a transcript comment on this site following the guidelines on the page, and we’ll send you a signed copy of A Love Letter to Baseball. Sound good? Then get translating!
28. May 2010
Yesterday BSG made a media assault on the Bay Area, visiting most every sports broadcasting crew in SF to talk about his new book, A Love Letter to Baseball. He started the day off with KNBR 680 and our good friends at the Murph and Mac Show. You’re probably thinking that batting stances don’t play that well on the radio, and you wouldn’t be wrong. Thankfully they had the wherewithal to take some video. P.S. if you get the chance to visit, they like the chocolate old-fashioned’s. Enjoy!
27. May 2010
Just finished a rainy day game at AT&T park where the Giants got something like 5 singles in a row in the 7th to takedown the Washington Nationals 5-4 and win the series 2-1. It’s been a Nationals kinda week for BSG, so we figured we’d the keep the ball rolling with a little pre-game stance discussion with the MASN crew. Enjoy!
26. May 2010
BSG will be in the San Francisco Bay Area tomorrow (more on that later) where the Giants are currently taking on Ryan Zimmerman and the Washington Nationals. He recently got a chance to sit down with Zimmerman to play a round of “Who Knows you Best.” So if you like the sound of two men drinking Gatorade, and obscure questions and answers with MLB All-Stars, then this interview’s for you. Enjoy!
24. May 2010
In this week’s edition of the Week-In-Review, BSG takes a look at some low-to-high stories that kicked off the first week of interleague play. He’s got the Nationals and Nyger Morgan, the Braves and Brooks Conrad, and the practice swing hilarity of the Houston Astros’ Hunter Pence. Jose Lima, you will be missed. It’s the Week-In-Review.
24. May 2010
It was a great weekend of interleague play in NYC, with the Mets taking the subway series 2-1. BSG was recently in Manhattan doing classic stances from both clubs for The Baseball Show on SNY.tv. Meet the Mets ran last week, so, for your Monday, here are the Bronx Bombers. Enjoy!
24. May 2010
BSG recently dropped by the Versus studios to talk about his new book, A Love Letter to Baseball, with The Daily Line. We are truly flattered that they call this a “profession,” but we’re gonna stick by our tagline. So checkout the roundtable discussion, and, of course, some stances for the people.
18. May 2010
Last week while BSG was in NYC for Book Week, he got a chance to swing by the SNY.tv studios, the masters of all things sport in the big apple. The good folks there had him on, what else, The Baseball Show, to breakdown some famous NYC batters. So here are your classic Mets. Enjoy!
17. May 2010
BSG is back from Book Week madness with the current installment of the Week in Review. Lotta stories to cover from the past week, including the Reds in first place, but BSG wants to focus on some walk-offs. We’ve got Kubel, Kearns, Bosch, and Olivo, and if you don’t know why the names are important, don’t worry, BSG’s got you covered. Enjoy!
14. May 2010
The Rangers looked good in their first test against prominent division rivals, the Oakland A’s, winning the series this week 2-1. And as they head up to Toronto today to challenge the mighty Blue Jays, BSG takes a look at what makes this such a great stance team. With the Angels on the decline, C.J. Wilson getting things done on the mound, and Hamilton, Kinsler, and Cruz at the plate, might this be the year the Rangers add a 2nd win to their postseason journal? Or is it just the year you buy a book about batting stances? Either way, it’s the 2010 Rangers.
14. May 2010
What can be said about such a lineup? Al Hrabosky, Mike Piazza, Rod Beck… these aren’t just great players, they’re true masters of the art of facial hair. For book week BSG wanted to pull out all the stops, so, for the first time in internet history, here is the complete 1st Team All Fu Manchu Lineup, in UNDER A MINUTE!!
13. May 2010
Just to prove that we haven’t forgotten our roots now that we’re big time published authors, today we continue on with our team “preview” series. We’ll kick things off with the Reds, who, as BSG notes, haven’t seen a winning season since 2000. But things are looking up in Cincy these days, and partially thanks to the stance magic of Brandon Phillips, the Reds currently find themselves only a game back of the mighty Cardinals. In a preview that takes an equal look at fertility and baseball, here are the 2010 Reds. Enjoy!
12. May 2010
REPLAY : In honor of Carl Pavano’s mustachioed tear through the league this year, we bring you, once more, the 2nd Team All-Mustache Lineup!
11. May 2010
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To say BSG was “at” ESPN today, might be something of an understatement. He was all over it for book release day. The good folks in Bristol, CT took care of our boy all day long as he stopped by First Take, ESPNEWS, SportsNation, and SportsCenter with John Kruk. These are still airing in various fashions on the Worldwide Leader, so check their schedule now. We’ve captured the day in image form on the facebook fanpage, and you can checkout the online SportsNation chat here. And there are still SportsCenter broadcasts to come. Whew, what a day.
11. May 2010
BSG is playing “Stancing with the Stars” with Barry Melrose on First Take this morning. It’s also “Fear the Beard” season in the NHL as the Stanley Cup Playoffs heat up. So in honor of any hockey fans who may have stumbled across this site today, we’ve got BSG’s all-beard lineup. Book Week is rolling on in style folks. Enjoy!
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