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 get back in touch with me and I mentioned that I was going to their … Continue reading Baseball Cards, Comics, Collectibles On Full Display at 757 Card Show
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 conversation with a representative of the CNU Club Baseball program, Zachary Wu, who encouraged me … Continue reading A Preview Of the 2025 Christopher Newport University Captains Baseball Season
This past week, I connected with 757 Card Shows Co-Promoter Russell Savage about his upcoming sports card and collectibles expo. The expo is scheduled to place all weekend, Saturday and Sunday (January 25th and 26th) at the Virginia Beach Fieldhouse. … Continue reading Join Me At The 757 Card Show This Weekend At The Virginia Beach Fieldhouse
Last summer (2023), I reached out to Norfolk State University’s Justin Journette about his involvement in the 2023 HBCU Swingman Classic. It was my first contact with the HBCU Player of the Year (by Black College Nines) and second team … Continue reading A Preview Of The 2025 Norfolk State Spartans Baseball Season
Here is a quick follow up to a story I posted a few weeks back about Hampton’s Peninsula Pilots. The Peninsula Pilots are a summer collegiate baseball league team who plays in the historic Coastal Plain League. I had a … Continue reading Peninsula Pilots Announce Baseball Card Promotion for 2025 Summer Collegiate Baseball Season
My Dad, Mark Sydney Roby, turned 80 years old this past week. January 9, 1945; born in Chattanooga, Tennessee; a self-described Army Brat; fanatic reader of science, space, and medicine; still cracking jokes at 80 years of age. My dad … Continue reading Happy 80th Birthday Dad, Thanks For The Baseball Lesson
Summer collegiate wooden bat league baseball, for my time and money, is the number one baseball experience on my baseball schedule every year. If I have a choice between several baseball experiences that fall on the same day, summer collegiate … Continue reading Getting To Know The Peninsula Pilots Director of On-Field Gameday Operations Perry Woods
My grandfather on my Dad’s side was a sport nut. He was into golf, tennis, squash, hiking the woods, and was by most family member’s recollections a very fit man until his death. He dabbled in football with the NY … Continue reading An Impressive 1964 Topps Collectible Baseball Coin Lineup Featuring Mays, Spahn, Bunning, and Zimmer
Let me take you inside the mind of a baseball tangent extraordinaire – yours truly. So, I am working my way through Jane Leavy’s biography of Sandy Koufax, “A Lefty’s Legacy,” and loving every page of it. Also on my … Continue reading Dwight Gooden Should Be In The National Baseball Hall Of Fame
Well, if you ask me, priceless. Carl Yastrzemski is/was/will always be my favorite player. Boston Red Sox rookie, took over in LF for Ted Williams, played his entire career in Boston, that classic Yaz snarl at every public event post … Continue reading How Much Is My 1980 Carl Yaz Baseball Card Worth?
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