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I hope you are enjoying these summer collegiate and amateur baseball league (SCABL) box scores, schedule updates, and game recaps as much as I am sharing them with you. Summer baseball, although it starts in the Spring, is family friendly, affordable, high quality baseball. Parking is typically reduced or free (in the streets surrounding the…
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Remember those days back in Little League or maybe High School Baseball when you took batting practice? Do you remember (if your coach subscribed to this) the first swings you took in those batting practice sessions? Were you instructed to bunt a few, then swing away? If so, you had great coaches who understood the…
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I just thought of something…it is not officially summer until the end of next week. Yet, we have had a tremendous few weeks of summer collegiate and amateur baseball league (SCABL) action already. And one thing that jumps off the page when I read these box scores and see these Instagram posts is the fan…
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INTRODUCING SLUGGBALL – A REIMAGINED VERSION OF BASEBALL REUNITES FORMER BALLPLAYERS AND REIGNITES THEIR LOVE OF HITTING
I received a press release today via email that really caught my attention. “A reimagined version of baseball” was the phrase that reeled me in, so good work PR department for Sluggball!!! I would like to share this press release with you now and encourage you to take a moment to read the information, check…
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A Preview Of The 2025 Norfolk State Spartans Baseball Season
Last summer (2023), I reached out to Norfolk State University’s Justin Journette about his involvement in the 2023 HBCU Swingman Classic. It was my first contact with the HBCU Player of the Year (by Black College Nines) and second team all conference NEC selection. I was so impressed by his answers and character and excitement…
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Peninsula Pilots Announce Baseball Card Promotion for 2025 Summer Collegiate Baseball Season
Here is a quick follow up to a story I posted a few weeks back about Hampton’s Peninsula Pilots. The Peninsula Pilots are a summer collegiate baseball league team who plays in the historic Coastal Plain League. I had a great meeting at Hampton’s War Memorial Stadium a few months back and at the time,…
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A Night Time Visit to Red McEwen Baseball Field, University of South Florida
Last week during my work trip to Tampa, Florida for ABF Freight, I had some personal time at night to baseball-explore. About 3 miles from my hotel, sat the University of South Florida and so I decided to take an evening ride over to the campus. In sunny Florida last week, the sun was setting…
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An Afternoon Trip To Billy Reed Field, Home of the Hillsborough High School, Big Red Baseball
A few weeks ago, I penned an article about Dwight Gooden. I believe he belongs in the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. Cooperstown, NY is about 200 miles due north of Shea Stadium, where Gooden started for the NY Mets. Cooperstown is about 1300 miles from where I was standing last week,…
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Friday Night Baseball At Harbor Park Featuring ODU Vs. Troy
After an emotional Boston Red Sox Opening Day ceremony and game, I had just enough time on Friday to recover for a night game at…
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Sunday Morning Visit To Marty Miller Field For Norfolk State Vs. Le Moyne College
This past Sunday morning, the last Sunday in March, back from Houston, waking up in Virginia Beach, a Norfolk State baseball calendar notification popped up…
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How Is Your 2025 MLB Opening Week Bingo Card Looking?
Have you ever heard of the phrase “they don’t play the game on paper?” When it comes to baseball, a lineup on paper may look…
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Newport News Teen Cashes In On Bazooka® Gum Secret Code
Sunday afternoon, I was sitting at Marty Miller Field watching the Norfolk State Baseball Spartans take on the Le Moyne College Dolphins. I was seated…
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When Runners Are Left On Base, They Tend Not to Score
The Boston Red Sox were officially aka mathematically eliminated from the 2024 MLB Playoffs this week. A loss to the rival Toronto Blue Jays on September 25th sealed their fate. In that fateful game, the BoSox left 8 runners on base. In fact, in the series they averaged leaving 8 runners on base, despite winning…
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Wednesday Trip To Portsmouth’s Olde Towne For Truckers, Tides, and Virginia History
Wednesday afternoon, Rachel and I decided to take the short drive from our home in Virginia Beach over to Portsmouth, VA’s Olde Towne District. Olde Towne features a number of historic landmarks, including churches, lighthouse boats, and museums. And it also features some exciting business growth, with new businesses and opportunities popping on just about…
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Rhode Island High School Baseball Stars On Display in SWB RailRiders vs Buffalo Bisons Game
Ok, so by now you have probably realized that I am from Rhode Island, follow Rhode Island baseball, and will always have a special place in my heart for anything Rhode Island. I have written about Rhode Island baseball for more than 2 decades and will remain interested in the baseball journeys of Rhode Island…
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Exciting Updates On Baseball Players I follow – Flint, Perachi, Raposo, Pannone
I am so excited to promote this new feature on my newly designed website, The Baseball Storyteller’s “Players I Follow” page. Periodically and when big news occurs, I will be posting exciting updates on players I follow. It could be a player I covered when I was in Rhode Island. Or a player I recently…
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Pay For One, Stay For Two – Doubleheader at Harbor Park Featuring Norfolk Tides vs Nashville Sounds
This week is the final homestand of the 2024 season for my local Norfolk Tides baseball club. I have been really fortunate to have attended 5 Tides home games at Harbor Park this season, and I couldn’t be more thrilled knowing the Park is so close to my new VA Beach home. Although the team’s…
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The Rhode Island Baseball Rematch – King’s Padres vs. Peña’s Astros
Last night in San Diego, California, the much anticipated rematch of former Rhode Island High School baseball stars was on national TV. I am so Rhode Island honored and pleased to announce that once again Bishop Hendricken High School’s Michael King (San Diego Padres) faced Classical High School’s Jeremy Peña (Houston Astros) in another Major…
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