Letters from Beyond: From Satchel Paige to Justin Verlander – Cartas desde el Más Allá: De Satchel Paige para Justin Verlander

There are two formulas for living happily: One is to believe in everything... The other, to believe in nothing... Both relieve one of having to think... Emboos T. Russo. Coral Gables, Florida (VIP-WIRE) - Today, like every Tuesday and tomorrow,...

By Juan Vené

Baseball, MLB, Sports

Paige Was Not the First Black Pitcher in MLB – Paige No Fue el Primer Pitcher Negro en MLB

May 21, 2025

I finally solved my parking problem... I bought a parked car... Pacomio. Coral Gables, Florida (VIP-WIRE) - Today, like every Wednesday, is Mail Day. Please, if you write to me, send your full name and the town or city where...

By Juan Vené

Baseball, MLB, Sports

Some Phrases to Smile and Others to Be Analyzed – Unas Frases Para Sonreír y Otras Para Analizar

April 27, 2024

Gables, Florida (VIP-WIRE) - “I didn't cut anyone with my spikes, but, fortunately, everyone in baseball thought I could, and I wanted to cut them”… Ty Cobb. “When you come to a new team, the sure formula to make everyone...

By Juan Vené

Baseball, MLB, Sports

JD Martínez With The Mets For Two Million Less – JD Martínez Con Los Mets Por Dos Millones Menos

March 28, 2024

“Something sensational happened to me in my marriage… I got divorced”… La Pimpi. Coral Gables, Florida (VIP-WIRE) - The Question of the Week: Satchel Paige pitched until he was 59, in 1965, with the Athletics, then in Kansas City, and...

By Juan Vené

Baseball, MLB, Sports

She Played Just Like Men – Ella Jugaba Igual Que Los Hombres

November 26, 2023

“The difference between a man and a woman is never that big”… La Pimpi. Coral Gables, Florida (VIP-WIRE) - TONI Stone, the first lady to play among the men of the Negro Leagues, was so brilliant at baseball, along with...

By Juan Vené

Sports

The Letter from the Beyond.- Jackie Róbinson for black players / La Carta desde El Más Allá.- Jackie Róbinson para los peloteros negros

April 11, 2022

Coral Gables, Florida (VIP-WIRE) - My dear fellow minorities who play baseball…: I am writing to you today, because yesterday, the 10th, it was 75 years since the Dodgers dared to announce that, after more than half a century of...

By Juan Vené

Baseball

African Americans elevated to the Hall of Fame – Negros elevados al Hall de la Fama

September 22, 2021

"When I was a child I was so inquisitive that they called me The Why All Things" ... Santiago Segura.- -o-o-o-o- Coral Gables, Florida (VIP-WIRE) - Luis F. Salido E. de Hermosillo, informs…: “You. posted that Héctor Espino hit 484...

By Juan Vené

Baseball

Voting for the HOF a work of a judge – Votar para el HOF una labor de juez

August 21, 2021

"They call Barry Bonds 'the Roll Royce', because he looks very finished" ... Dick Secades.- -o-o-o-o- Coral Gables, Florida (VIP-WIRE) - Half a Century.- A few days ago, on August 9, the 50th anniversary of Leroy (Satchel) Paige's elevation to...

By Juan Vené

Baseball

Today Is Letters Day – A Little Of Everything/Un Poco De Todo – Dia De Las Cartas

February 12, 2020

We are proud to feature our good friend Juan Vene's daily article. Coral Gables, Florida (VIP WIRE): Today is mail day. I cannot answer those who do not send the state or the city from where they write. Thank you....