With the sun setting around 5pm (yes even on the west coast) this time of year, it gets challenging to get quality baseball field photos at night. If the field is lit up, great that really helps my cause. However, it is … Continue reading A Late Thursday Afternoon Trip To USC Baseball, I Think
By Thursday of last week, I was pretty much acclimated to West Coast time in terms of sleep and energy. I was out in Los Angeles for the week for ABF Freight visiting the Pico Rivera terminal. I didn’t have a ton of time before my shift started every day at 8am, so I hustled out of bed each day to either work out or check out some local baseball stuff. Thursday, I hustled out of the hotel and over to Rio Hondo College in Whittier. Not really knowing much about the school, I took the drive up to the school entrance, made … Continue reading Thursday Morning Baseball Trek Up To The Jungle, Rio Hondo College
This past week, I traveled to Los Angeles, CA for work (ABF Freight, Pico Rivera Terminal). Before I get to my field visit notes, I have to mention that after landing on Sunday afternoon in LAX, I did make an attempt … Continue reading Tuesday Morning Visit To Whittier College and Poets Baseball Field
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
This past summer, I was introduced to an online archive of old newspapers and special photo collections through a connection at Providence College. These old photographs and stories were just amazing to read. I was predominantly searching articles about baseball … Continue reading Digitally Leafing Through The Sports Section of The Norfolk Public Library
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?
Baseball has a wonderful way of connecting communities, states, generations through players, stats, and fun facts. You can be a stranger in a new town and see a baseball picture on a wall in a retail store, point out to … Continue reading The Baseball Connection Linking Virginia Beach to Newport, RI – Chris Taylor
In your family, were you the first to do something? The first one to earn a college degree or the first one to finish and publish a novel or the first to set foot in Australia? Being the first to … Continue reading Tracking Two Roby Minor League Baseball Players On Their Path To The Majors
I recently wrote about Rhode Island Baseball history being made in the Bronx, with the New York Yankee’s Michael King (Bishop Hendricken High School) throwing a pitch to the Houston Astro’s Jeremy Peña (Classical High School) in a Major League … Continue reading Checking In On Rhode Island Players in Independent, Minor League Baseball
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