After the busy town hall gathering, the book signing and distribution event, Big Fanny was super charged up about the mailbox baseball dilemma in the town of Hertford. On his walk back from Layden’s to the Bed and Breakfast Inn, … Continue reading The Clown House, A Mailbox Baseball Story – Chapter 3, Baseball Under the Lights
Big Fanny and Cassandra Hall had arrived in Hertford a day or two prior to the moving company arriving to close on the home and decided to settle in at a local Hertford Bed and Breakfast and unwind. Faneuil was eager to learn more about the area, the town, the small shops, the diners, and find out what he could about the clown house he was about to move into and the comments made by June Butters about its place in the annals of mailbox baseball. After unpacking, Big Fanny and Cassandra split up for the afternoon to venture out … Continue reading The Clown House, A Mailbox Baseball Story – Chapter 2, The Mailbox Baseball Dilemma
Faneuil Hall always considered himself a bit of an eccentric personality. Faneuil was named after the famous landmark by his mother, Roberta, who was discovered performing a one person act play called “Tickets, Please” on the cobblestones of Boston by famed Hollywood movie promoter Harry Shaw. Roberta went on to star in feature films in the 1940s and 1950s and brought her son Faneuil along on her various movie sets. There on the movie sets, little Fanny, as his mother would call him and he would despise, learned the arts and wonder of the movie prop business. In the early … Continue reading The Clown House – A Mailbox Baseball Story, Chapter 1: The Halls Move to Hertford
For the past several weeks, I have been training for the Red Sox: Run to Home Base Event in late July. I have been raising money via friends and fellow coaches in RI baseball in support of this important race … Continue reading RIBBE Training Days – 21 Days to Run to Home Base Event
In a recent Facebook poll, I posed this question to gain some knowledge about bat flipping in youth baseball: “I read an article recently about a youth baseball player in the Midwest being ejected from a game after he hit … Continue reading Should Bat Flipping Be Outlawed in Youth Baseball?
A few weeks back, after reading a blog post by local RI events website, What’s Up Rhode Island, I learned that the Pawtucket Red Sox would be hosting “Truck Day.” “Truck Day” included a fan’s eye view of the official … Continue reading The RIBBE Has Lunch With The Tosetti Family – Babe Ruth’s Biggest Fans
It was a beautiful sunny day today at McCoy Stadium. The weather felt like a spring day for baseball – 54° with a slight breeze just barely pushing the American flag from side to side, birds were chirping, construction workers … Continue reading Fans Gather For Truck Day At Pawtucket Red Sox’s McCoy Stadium
I played many sports as a kid growing up here in Rhode Island. In addition to organized baseball, basketball and soccer, I loved to play “backyard” games where a bunch of my friends from the area would join up and … Continue reading The RIBBE Plays Catch with Wiffle® Ball’s David Mullany
The 5th Annual Boston Red Sox Winter Weekend is currently taking place at the Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut. This 3 day event started Friday January 18th and will conclude (today) Sunday January 20th. The event is an incredible celebration … Continue reading Red Sox Winter Weekend At Foxwood’s – An Incredible Baseball Fan Experience
When its cold and snowy or too hot and humid, I love to write short stories about my favorite subject, baseball. Here is my latest short story about a dare, a pitch, and an unbelievable set of circumstances that landed … Continue reading Memoirs of A Minor Leaguer – A Short Story by the RIBBE
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