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Here you will find baseball stories about players, fields, coaches, history, the present, and the experience of baseball.
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Have you ever driven by a small business in your town and wondered, “how did they make it in this town for so long?” If you grew up in a small town (like I did) or quaint village or suburban area is there a car dealership or flower shop or shoe store that has spanned…
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Tuesday morning of my San Antonio trip (work-ABF Freight), I took a very short drive from hotel over to the University of the Incarnate Word. There were two ways to reach the baseball field from my hotel and I took the local route, avoiding the major highways of San Antonio. I arrived in good spirits,…
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I was in San Antonio, Texas last week for work (ABF Freight) and eager to check out some local TX baseball spots. One of these spots was a mere 20 minutes from my hotel off I-35 – The University of Texas at San Antonio. Their baseball team name and likely team mascot is an all-time…
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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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The Jerseys, The Hats, The Swag – A Fan’s visit To Several Minor League Baseball Team Stores
The 2024 Minor League Baseball Season is nearing an end for some, and has already finished for others. I myself, along with Rachel, will be going to my last Norfolk Tides home game tomorrow night (weather permitting), as the Tides wrap up their last homestand of the 2024 AAA season vs the Nashville Sounds. Not…
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Revisiting Baseball History through the Charles J Muth Museum at Hinchcliffe Stadium
During my recent work trip to Paterson, New Jersey for ABF Freight, I had some free time Wednesday morning to explore a very important baseball museum. An important baseball museum located next to a historic baseball and sports arena – Paterson, New Jersey’s iconic Hinchcliffe Stadium. This was my second trip to Hinchcliffe and my…
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Baseball Cards, Comics, Collectibles On Full Display at 757 Card Show
A few weeks ago, I reached out to the organizers of the 757 Card Shows here in Hampton Roads. Phil and Russell were awesome to…
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A Thursday Afternoon Visit To Highland Park High School, Scotland Yard Baseball Park
Last week, I was in Dallas, Texas for work (ABF Freight). It was a very busy week, I had very little personal time to explore.…
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Baseball Book Review – Sandy Koufax, A Lefty’s Legacy by Jane Leavy
This past January, the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY announced that three new members will be inducted in the Summer of 2025.…
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A Preview Of the 2025 Christopher Newport University Captains Baseball Season
Last fall, Rachel and I took the short drive over to Newport News and the campus of Christopher Newport University. I had a great email…
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Thirsty Thursday Night Baseball At War Memorial Stadium Featuring Pilots vs Chili Peppers
This past winter, Rachel and I visited an empty, locked up War Memorial Stadium in Hampton, VA. Why, you might ask, would I visit an empty, locked stadium on a random weekend afternoon in January? Well, I was trying to work through the cobwebs of my baseball past and figure out if in fact I…
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Wednesday Night Northwest Arkansas Baseball Featuring Naturals vs Sod Poodles
Last week, on my business trip to the corporate offices of ABF Freight (Fort Smith, Arkansas), I had an opportunity to revisit an Arkansas baseball stadium. My first visit to Springdale’s Arvest Ballpark, which is in the northwest section of Arkansas, resulted in a lot of perimeter photos and a fast moving setting sun. Not…
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Baseball Book Review – The Last Best League by Jim Collins
There is a stretch of land, beaches, and historical landmarks on the eastern shore of Massachusetts called Cape Cod. The Cape (as many locals call it) experience begins the second you span the Cape Cod Canal over the Sagamore or Bourne Bridge and stays with you long after you have returned to Wareham, Boston, Rhode…
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Tuesday Night Visit To Crowder Field, University of Arkansas Fort Smith Baseball
This past week, the corporate offices of ABF Freight (ArcBest) in Fort Smith, Arkansas were my business port of call. My fellow team members and managers gathered for a week of collaboration, quality training, and some team building exercises at work and afterwards. During the week, I had an opportunity after meetings were finished to…
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Friday Night Baseball At Harbor Park Featuring Tides vs Iron Pigs
When you were a kid playing baseball, did you ever get to play in a night baseball game? Did you local baseball league have lights at your ballpark so you could play well after sunset? Ever play in a tournament game or championship game at night? Didn’t it make you feel like a big leaguer?…
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Wednesday Afternoon Baseball At Citizens Bank Park featuring Phillies vs Blue Jays
After working the “graveyard” shift at the Philadelphia ABF Freight terminal Tuesday night into Wednesday morning, I was excited to learn of an afternoon MLB game at nearby Citizens Bank Park. CBP is the home field for the Philadelphia Phillies and a 1:05 game was scheduled for Wednesday, May 8th vs the Toronto Blue Jays.…
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