Here is a bold and honest statement from a long time Boston Red Sox fan, Don Mattingly should be in Cooperstown’s National Baseball Hall of Fame. There you heard it. I have been telling friends, co-workers, the stranger I sat next to … Continue reading Don Mattingly Should Be In The National Baseball Hall of Fame
Happy Sunday to everyone. This morning, while doing some research on baseball on military bases in the 1940s – 1960s, I came across a very interesting article. The article, published in the August 9, 1961 Quonset Scout newspaper, tells the military and … Continue reading Question Of The Day – Should Major League Baseball Change The 5 Innings = Win Rule
The 2023 NCAA Football Bowl Season has been fun to watch, right? College football teams with most if not all of their 2023 roster either opting out for the NFL Draft or transfer portal-ing to another team. Blowouts, lopsided wins, exaggerated stats … Continue reading I Am Officially Opting In To Salute A Historic Non-Opt Outer
If you watch sports on TV, your phone, your computer these days, you will most likely have seen the following. Former professional athletes joined at a desk or round table by one or two sports journalists, plus a few on TVs to the left and right of the screen at any given time. Their purpose – to predict the future and analyze the past and scrutinize the present and above all, entertain the sports fan on their sport of expertise. Could be football, could be basketball, could be a specific conference like the ACC or SEC, could be baseball. Whatever the sport, you can rest … Continue reading My Top 8 Professional Baseball Predictions for 2024
For the better part of 10 years now, I have been writing and blogging about baseball. Most of my coverage has been first hand accounts of games, tournaments, stadiums, events, and I have loved every minute of those experiences. Some … Continue reading 10th Annual Major League Baseball Rules Suggestions and Ideas
The Major League Baseball Winter Meetings are set to begin today, December 3rd, in Nashville, TN. Trade rumors and free agent potential landing spots for coveted pitchers, fielders, home run hitters are being debated on social media sites, airport gate … Continue reading The Neighborhood Backyard Baseball Games We Played – First to 500
Last night, I saw an amazing baseball documentary on the late, great Yogi Berra. The documentary, you can find it on Netflix, is called “It Ain’t Over.” Here is the trailer: I learned a huge amount about the Yankee catcher … Continue reading Who Are The Four Greatest Living Baseball Players?
While Rachel and I were away last week in North Carolina, my uncle Timmy (Walsh) passed away. My sister, my mother (his older sister), my Uncle James, my cousins, several friends all got to see Timmy before he passed away … Continue reading How To Build The Timmy Plate – A Tribute to the late, great Tim Dog Walsh
One of my many passions in life is music. I love listening to albums, going to live concerts, watching concerts on TV, talking about bands of today and yesteryear, and tapping my feet to a rockin’ tune. I play a … Continue reading The Aging Rock Star – Tune In And Accept or Tune Out And Exit Stage Left?
Let’s say, for argument’s sake, you are taking a winter walk with your significant other on an above average January Sunday afternoon along the sidewalks of Galilee’s Salty Brine State Beach. The normally crowded beach area has just a few couples and families scattered throughout the beach area, which stretches down to a jetty at Wheeler State Beach. In your nearly 45 minutes of walking the beach and gazing out into the ocean, just one lobster boat was observed. Later, you saw it pass through the canal that parts the small beach towns of Galilee and Jerusalem. A few cars … Continue reading How Far Would You Go For A Shiny Ring?
The Baseball Storyteller 