I have been involved with baseball in some capacity for nearly 50 years and running. I have played, coached, mentored, scouted, and written about baseball since I was roughly elementary school age. Over the decades, I have accumulated many, many … Continue reading The Baseball Storyteller Stories Come Alive In Show And Tell Event
Since returning from my work trip to Houston for ABF Freight, I have been writing and sharing my baseball experiences from my time there. I worked nights in Houston, so I had morning opportunities to check out parks, stadiums, university … Continue reading A Most Incredible Friday Morning Visit To Home Run Dugout, Katy
Rachel and I attended Sunday’s Virginia Beach Spring Fair at the VA Beach Convention Center. I went willingly, I wasn’t in trouble or trying to right a recent wrong. I went, with an open mind, hoping for the best and … Continue reading Look Who I Ran Into At The Virginia Beach Spring Craft Fair
Some personal news as we end March of 2025. I recently enrolled in and completed a very intense online course in grant writing. The course is produced by leading grant writing resource, Spark The Fire and owner/instructor Allison Jones. My … Continue reading Some Personal News – The Baseball Storyteller Also A Grant Writer
Growing up in Rhode Island, I was introduced to the world of sports cartoons as a kid reading the Providence Journal sports pages. Later in life, I worked with a pretty famous cartoonist, Frankie Galasso, on a number of his … Continue reading A Conversation With The Sensational Caricature Artist And All Around Good Guy – Ryan Snarr
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
I have found an incredible resource for archival baseball photos and knowledge of Hampton Roads in the Norfolk Public Library. Their online directory of photos, news, maps, history is really fascinating. You can type in searches for things like “baseball” or “Norfolk … Continue reading The Billboards And Businesses Surrounding Bain Baseball Field, Norfolk
Most Wednesday (or maybe it was Tuesday or Thursday) nights after I got my driver’s license in high school, I drove up to Providence’s Living Room with my high school pal Larson Sutton to see Max Creek. We saw countless … Continue reading 33 Years Between Max Creek Sets Is Far Too Long
Yesterday morning, I took the drive out to the Axis Bat Headquarters and Factory on Anawan Street in Fall River. Owner Lou Ledoux greeted me with a big hello as we was finishing up a project in the factory and … Continue reading 12 Sacrifice Presents For 12 Lucky Rhode Island Baseball Trivia Winners In December Courtesy of Axis Bats
As the fog continues to blanket the view out of my baseball office window, I thought I would shed some light on some recent Rhode Island Baseball News. Not bad for a baseball writer huh??? Fall championships were competed in and champions were crowned. A few AAU teams are looking for players to complete rosters for 2023. And a group of Rhode Island Father/Son teams competed in Arizona against other Father/Son teams from around the USA. Oh and we may have a Classical High School Baseball alumni hoisting a World Series trophy in about a week or so. (Harper, Wheeler, … Continue reading RI Rays Fall Champions, ATC Looking For Players, The ALCS MVP, MSBL Father/Son Tourney News and More
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