Having lived here now for about 2 years, I am still amazed at the amount of villages, shopping areas, and land that Virginia Beach has. In all honesty, the beach part of Virginia Beach pales in comparison to the wooden … Continue reading A Tuesday Afternoon Visit to Virginia Beach Little League, Ocean Lakes Park
If you watch any high level baseball today, Collegiate to Minor Leagues to Major Leagues, you will notice that batters tend to wear a lot of protective gear. Let’s face it, getting hit by a baseball traveling at high speeds … Continue reading The Cost Of Baseball Protective Gear To Reduce Injury While Batting
Last January (2024), I was a fairly new resident of Hampton Roads and eager to explore the area’s baseball parks and experiences. One afternoon, I took a short drive from my house over to First Colonial High School and walked … Continue reading Battle Of Mill Dam Road, Norbie Wilson Game To End ALZ Set For Saturday, May 3rd
Early Monday morning, before heading into work in Houston (ABF Freight), I took a short drive from my hotel just off I-10 to an incredible recreational park. Memorial Park Sports Complex is massive (by my standards) area of recreational land … Continue reading Monday Morning Visit To Memorial Park, Texas Children’s Houston Open Site
Last week, I was back in the Houston, Texas area for work (ABF Freight). During my personal time, I found a ton of great baseball experiences in and around my hotel. These experiences included recreational parks, University baseball fields, another … Continue reading A Week Of Amazing Houston Baseball Experiences
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
One of the huge advantages Hampton Roads athletes have is weather. In my opinion, the weather in Hampton Roads is mostly decent to awesome well over 75% of the year. Sure it gets warm and humid and muggy, but who’s … Continue reading Norfolk’s Coastal Sports Center Aims To Prepare You For Baseball, Softball, Life
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
For the youth baseball family, at least those that I have covered over the past 10 years or so, there are places on the baseball map that just seem to be a little more special than the rest. Off the … Continue reading The Ripken Experience – Is This Baseball Utopia? No It’s Aberdeen
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