Why a baseball blog?

Good question. Don't I have enough of an electronic outlet through my family blog? Apparently, I don't. Recently, several posts on our family blog have focused on baseball. That isn't the purpose of our family blog, and, frankly, our baby was getting increasingly annoyed that stuff about "America's Pastime" was taking focus away from her exploits. So, daddy started this blog as a space where he can devote time and writing to one of his favorite hobbies...baseball.

From the time I was a pre-schooler, baseball has been one of my favorite things in life. I wasn't always as interested in "America's Pastime" as I am now. Friends who devote their blogs to sports have given me further encouragement to launch a site that will allow me to bloviate on and on about the game, the players, and everything else related to it.

Here are 9 things (one for each inning) that I hope Rollie Fingers' Mustache will provide:

1. Profiles on my favorite current players.

2. Profiles on my favorite players of all time.

3. Debates (who doesn't belong in the Hall of Fame? Which current players will one day be enshrined in Cooperstown? Should we consider hits Japanese ballplayers like Ichiro had in Japan when it comes time to consider their spot in Cooperstown?)

4. Links to important/fun/interesting articles from ESPN, CNNSI, MLB.com, and elsewhere (no, I will not link to the Boston Globe's Dan Shaughnessy, not even if you offered me seats on the Green Monster at Fenway for each home game).

5. Reviews of baseball books.

6. Pre- and post-season predictions for teams and ballplayers.

7. Commentary on games attended and ballparks visited.

8. "This Day in Baseball History," a literary step back in time to important and amusing events that occurred in the game on particular days.

9. The Wild Card--posts about anything that I think to write about that might not fit into one of the other 8 categories above.

***Well, those are my objectives, and I hope they're entertaining enough for people to hop on over from our family blog. I can't promise that I'll be as devoted to Rollie Fingers' Mustache as I am to our family site, but there is enough ballgame banter for me to do some quick hits and keep you all in the game!

Play ball!

Hi fans, welcome to Rollie Fingers' Mustache, Timo's blog about baseball. Obviously for many of you, the first question is: Who is Rollie Fingers? This query will be followed, undoubtedly, by the next question: What's with his mustache?
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Rollie Fingers is a retired ballplayer who played his way to the Hall of Fame closing games for the Oakland A's, San Diego Padres, and Milwaukee Brewers in the 1970's through the mid-1980s. Due to his role in defining the modern-day closer (a pitcher who comes in specifically at the end of a game to "close" the game and ensure his team's win) and, of course, his fantastic waxed handlebar mustache, I have named this baseball blog after his signature facial hair and magnificent arm.
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In the next post, I'll detail the purposes for this blog, and I'll link to it from my original blog about my family. Thanks, and play ball!