Category: This Week in Rhode Island Baseball

A photo, photo with text, or brief recap of the week that was in Rhode Island Baseball. Tournament updates, players signed to pro contracts, fundraisers, and more.

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My Top 8 Professional Baseball Predictions for 2024

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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

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6th Annual Cardines Classic – Free, Family Friendly Baseball Event

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I was traveling back to Rhode Island recently, after a stop in Virginia Beach, via the Norfolk International Airport. Sitting in the available seating for my designated gate, I struck up a conversation with a Navy family – a proud … Continue reading 6th Annual Cardines Classic – Free, Family Friendly Baseball Event

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Why I Love Reading Books – “Why We Love Baseball” by Joe Posnanski

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The first week of August, I received an baseball story email from Penguin Random House Publicity Agent, Julianna Meinz. In her email, she mentioned that New York Times bestselling author Joe Posnanski was coming to Newport, RI on a book … Continue reading Why I Love Reading Books – “Why We Love Baseball” by Joe Posnanski

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Checking In On Rhode Island Players in Independent, Minor League Baseball

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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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Rhode Island Baseball History Made – King vs Peña in an MLB game

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If you follow my blog, and if you do thank you, I wrote some time back about a potential historical event for Rhode Island baseball. A matchup of a former Rhode Island High School Pitcher vs a former Rhode Island … Continue reading Rhode Island Baseball History Made – King vs Peña in an MLB game

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Pell Series Baseball Featuring Gulls vs. Waves, Cardines Field

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Ok, I just couldn’t resist. My intentions were to go to Cardines Field last night, sit there like all the other fans, take in the game, minimal photos, no notebook, no chicken scratch shorthand, no interviews pre or post game … Continue reading Pell Series Baseball Featuring Gulls vs. Waves, Cardines Field

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The Quonset Point Naval Air Station Baseball Experience – The Flyers, The Fields, The Feller

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One of the incredible things about researching a topic is the interesting tangents you can encounter along your research expedition. In a previous blog, I mentioned that I had been doing some research on a field of my youth, a … Continue reading The Quonset Point Naval Air Station Baseball Experience – The Flyers, The Fields, The Feller

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The Rhode Island Baseball Experience Final Swing – Good Morning, Good Afternoon, and Good Luck

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Ever heard a baseball announcer or a fan standing next to you at a game or a fellow coach in the dugout utter the phrase, “Good morning, good afternoon, and good night?” Me too and it is just one of hundreds of baseball slangs, slogans, and sayings that make the game of baseball so timeless and precious to me. The phrase is uttered when a pitcher throws three consecutive strikes (most often without the batter moving a muscle at the plate) freezing him/her at the plate and recording a very impressive strikeout. Coincidentally, it is also the phrase I often … Continue reading The Rhode Island Baseball Experience Final Swing – Good Morning, Good Afternoon, and Good Luck

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The Rhode Island Baseball Experience Final Swings – You Can Play Baseball In RI In The Winter!

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Prior to attending North Kingstown High School in the school calendar year of 1986-87, I played 100% of my baseball outdoors. I waited patiently, like many of my baseball peers, for the snow to melt on our local fields and … Continue reading The Rhode Island Baseball Experience Final Swings – You Can Play Baseball In RI In The Winter!

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Big Announcement From Chariho Little League Regarding Joe Charette Memorial Tournament

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As I wind down covering baseball here in Rhode Island this month, I can’t help posting and sharing exciting news from the Rhode Island Baseball Community. After all the posts, photos, videos, and shares – that has been the driving … Continue reading Big Announcement From Chariho Little League Regarding Joe Charette Memorial Tournament