For the past few weeks, I have been researching the baseball experiences of the Quonset Naval Air Station pre-1974. 1974 was the year the base was deactivated essentially ending operations there in terms of the United States Military. Through the … Continue reading The Quonset Point Naval Air Station Baseball Experience – Who They Played And How They Did
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
I was recently down in Virginia Beach on vacation and stopped into a diner one morning for breakfast. It was a fairly typical diner in terms of décor – padded booths, nostalgic posters and photos on the walls (some of … Continue reading The Riverwalk Home Run Baseball Journey – A Plop In The Creek
After finishing college in 1994, an internship at the YMCA, and a brief introduction into working life in Boston, I decided to take a giant career detour and move to Virginia Beach. It wasn’t an overly popular move in my … Continue reading The Fields Of My Baseball Youth – Lakewood Park, Norfolk
Through two amazing connections recently, I have been able to travel back in time online to the Quonset Point Naval Air Station Baseball Experience. My two connections, Providence College Archives and Special Collections and the North Kingstown Town Library, have … Continue reading The Quonset Point Naval Air Station Baseball Experience – The Scout, The Players, The Airbees
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
I have lived in the Town of North Kingstown, RI (off and on) for the past 51 years. The same time period when my parents bought a house on Ten Rod Road in 1974 and according to RIAMCO (The Rhode … Continue reading Revisiting The Fields Of My Youth – Quonset Point NAS Softball Field
Dougie Walsh was feeling pretty good about himself. After his stellar performance on the mound and his incredible, magical retractable wasp stingers, Dougie was going to be talk of the town, baseball wise. With his new speed and control and … Continue reading The Boy Who Threw Strikes – What A Cure, What A Relief, What A Fastball
Maine was a popular vacation destination for my family growing up. In my elementary and middle school years, my family would travel to Bar Harbor and stay in cottages and immerse ourselves into all things Down East. My parents even … Continue reading A Sunday Afternoon Baseball Experience at Hadlock Field, Portland
Full disclosure – I am very easily distracted by any sort of baseball reference, sign, cartoon that I might encounter at any given moment. I could be in the supermarket, uber-focused on my shopping list from Rachel, then hear a … Continue reading A Sunday Morning Baseball Experience At The Ballpark, Old Orchard Beach
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