Don’t you just love tangents? You know, when you are on one path and suddenly another very interesting path opens up and you head down there full speed? Like for example, I was out the other day with Rachel and the Weims … Continue reading A Walk Down Memory Lane Introduces Me To The Kempsville Pony Baseball Story
Last month here in Norfolk, Rachel and I went to an incredible photography exhibit at the Chrysler Museum. The exhibit, believe it or not, was not about baseball. Rather, it was about one of my other passions in life – music. Paul McCartney’s … Continue reading Tales Of The Quonset Flyers Baseball Team – John Patrick, The Missing Man
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
In the Spring and Summer of 2023, I began researching baseball played at North Kingstown’s Quonset Point Naval Air Station. Quonset Point or the Quonset Development Corporation, now a thriving business community, was once a commissioned naval air station and occupied … Continue reading The Fields Where The Quonset Flyers Faced NAS Norfolk, Little Creek Baseball Teams
This is the honest truth…When I am in a serious rut or need a big time pick-me-up to get through a really tough day, I turn to that wonderful, modern elixir called YouTube. On YouTube, I search for the man that … Continue reading Lou Piniella, One Of Baseball’s All Time Greats, Is No Laughing Matter
Back in the late 1990s, I had an opportunity to play amateur baseball in the HRNABA, the Hampton Roads National or North, well it was a men’s baseball league. I was mostly injured during my 2 year baseball stint at Springfield … Continue reading The Fields Of My Baseball Youth – War Memorial Stadium, Hampton
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
I’m not sure what took me so long, but…I finally watched the documentary “Fastball” this evening. This nearly one and 1/2 hour baseball movie shines the spotlight on the old #1, the hammer, the heater, the pitch that many can throw … Continue reading “Fastball” Baseball Documentary Scientifically Answers The Question – Who Was The Fastest All-Time?
Harold Winters found a bicycle in the garage of his son’s home and smiled with glee. As he mounted the Schwinn 10 speed, he spotted a ratty old baseball glove and snatched off the wall with his cane. Then, he set off for his favorite spot, his favorite seat, his favorite tree, just to the right of the center field scoreboard at Lansdowne Park. It was Christmas Day and Harold Winters was going to a baseball game. Just passed the fountain and the rotary circle in the center of Lansdowne was a cut through lane that went though the woods and to … Continue reading Harold Winters Goes To A Baseball Game
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