Steve Sirk
@stevesirk.bsky.social
Author of soccer books. Regional Emmy Award winner. Never learned to type with more than two index fingers and my left thumb for the spacebar.
I did not know @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social was in the accommodations business.
August 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
I did not know @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social was in the accommodations business.
That’s a wrap on Force games to write about. And it was unknowingly wraps on a franchise. That’s next to write about.
June 15, 2025 at 8:03 PM
That’s a wrap on Force games to write about. And it was unknowingly wraps on a franchise. That’s next to write about.
First pitch! Cleveland’s Logan Allen to Cincinnati’s T.J. Friedl.
June 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
First pitch! Cleveland’s Logan Allen to Cincinnati’s T.J. Friedl.
MLS fans may associate Tim Lieweke as being president of AEG during the Beckham years, but long before that, he was GM of the MISL's Kansas City Comets. When he left to take a job with the NBA expansion Minnesota Timberwolves, the Comets replaced him as GM with... a former *Chiefs* player?
May 17, 2025 at 6:05 PM
MLS fans may associate Tim Lieweke as being president of AEG during the Beckham years, but long before that, he was GM of the MISL's Kansas City Comets. When he left to take a job with the NBA expansion Minnesota Timberwolves, the Comets replaced him as GM with... a former *Chiefs* player?
For reference, here's an aerial view of League Park in its major league days.
It got its peculiar dimensions from being tucked into a rectangular block in a neighborhood, thus the short RF because of Lexington Avenue and the ample room for deep left and center fields.
It got its peculiar dimensions from being tucked into a rectangular block in a neighborhood, thus the short RF because of Lexington Avenue and the ample room for deep left and center fields.
March 23, 2025 at 12:47 AM
For reference, here's an aerial view of League Park in its major league days.
It got its peculiar dimensions from being tucked into a rectangular block in a neighborhood, thus the short RF because of Lexington Avenue and the ample room for deep left and center fields.
It got its peculiar dimensions from being tucked into a rectangular block in a neighborhood, thus the short RF because of Lexington Avenue and the ample room for deep left and center fields.
If you’ve ever yearned to see a museum-quality urinal fragment, today is your lucky day. Hopefully this will tide you over until you can make the pilgrimage to see it in person.
March 23, 2025 at 12:30 AM
If you’ve ever yearned to see a museum-quality urinal fragment, today is your lucky day. Hopefully this will tide you over until you can make the pilgrimage to see it in person.
Impossible to overstate how big League Park’s outfield is. Only 290 down RF line and 340 to right center, BUT… 380 down LF line, 425 to left center, 460 to the deepest part left of center, and 420 to dead center.
So. Much. Green.
Tris Speaker EARNED his reputation as one of the greatest CFs ever.
So. Much. Green.
Tris Speaker EARNED his reputation as one of the greatest CFs ever.
March 23, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Impossible to overstate how big League Park’s outfield is. Only 290 down RF line and 340 to right center, BUT… 380 down LF line, 425 to left center, 460 to the deepest part left of center, and 420 to dead center.
So. Much. Green.
Tris Speaker EARNED his reputation as one of the greatest CFs ever.
So. Much. Green.
Tris Speaker EARNED his reputation as one of the greatest CFs ever.
View from the League Park mound christened by Cy Young and where Ray Caldwell survived being struck by lightning in August 24, 1919. After being unconscious for five minutes and then some recovery time, he re-took the mound and retired the final batter to finish a complete game victory.
March 23, 2025 at 12:09 AM
View from the League Park mound christened by Cy Young and where Ray Caldwell survived being struck by lightning in August 24, 1919. After being unconscious for five minutes and then some recovery time, he re-took the mound and retired the final batter to finish a complete game victory.
A cool thing about League Park is the field is in the exact location and dimensions of the original field. This is the view from the left-handed batter’s box from which Babe Ruth hit is 500th HR over the 45-foot fence onto Lexington Avenue. It’s just 290 feet down the line, thus the 45-foot fence.
March 22, 2025 at 11:55 PM
A cool thing about League Park is the field is in the exact location and dimensions of the original field. This is the view from the left-handed batter’s box from which Babe Ruth hit is 500th HR over the 45-foot fence onto Lexington Avenue. It’s just 290 feet down the line, thus the 45-foot fence.
Had a good time today at the Baseball Heritage Museum at League Park in Cleveland to see @stephanieliscio.bsky.social give a talk on Cleveland Buckeyes great (and oldest ROY in MLB history at 32 with the Braves) Sam Jethroe. Good turnout and interesting questions/discussions. Learned some things!
March 22, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Had a good time today at the Baseball Heritage Museum at League Park in Cleveland to see @stephanieliscio.bsky.social give a talk on Cleveland Buckeyes great (and oldest ROY in MLB history at 32 with the Braves) Sam Jethroe. Good turnout and interesting questions/discussions. Learned some things!
A 1986 headline that unwittingly invoked Cleveland’s indoor soccer future.
February 8, 2025 at 9:46 PM
A 1986 headline that unwittingly invoked Cleveland’s indoor soccer future.
How about that? Turns out #Crew96 did not pioneer the scoreboard fire. This is Connie Mack Stadium (formerly Shibe Park) in Philadelphia on April 16, 1966. Jim Maloney is pitching for the Reds and that's Pete Rose playing third base in the background.
December 16, 2024 at 2:55 PM
How about that? Turns out #Crew96 did not pioneer the scoreboard fire. This is Connie Mack Stadium (formerly Shibe Park) in Philadelphia on April 16, 1966. Jim Maloney is pitching for the Reds and that's Pete Rose playing third base in the background.