Good morning everyone and welcome to the last week of 2021. Media outlets, social media pages, online newspapers, and everyone in between will be posting their top 10’s of 2021. So, I thought I would have a little fun with … Continue reading Help Wanted – ISO Fans To Vote On Best of Rhode Island Baseball Fields, Pitchers, Coaches, and Snack Shacks
I got a message last night from Head Baseball Coach Eric Cirella of Newport’s Salve Regina University. “Wanted you to see this,” was the text and he shared a link to a recent collegiate baseball poll: The post is from … Continue reading Salve Regina Baseball Ranked #24 In 2022 Pre-Season Division III Poll
A few mornings ago, I was watching the MLB Network and they had a special program showcasing the top 100 prospects for the 2022 MLB Draft. It was a cool show, a lot of talent of course, some high school … Continue reading The Baseball Journey Of Rhode Island’s Multi-Sport, Multi-Talented John Toppa
The Ocean State Waves are a summer collegiate baseball organization in the New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL). They operate year round and when they are not playing baseball, they are providing updates on incoming players, promoting local businesses, hosting … Continue reading Ocean State Waves News – Brew Tour, Interns, and Host Family Info
I was reading through Rhode Island baseball social media posts this week and came upon one from the Ocean State Makos. The post was introducing a “High School Pitching Fundamentals & Velo (velocity) Program” to be run by Rhode Island … Continue reading Pitching Coach Will Dawson To Run High School Pitching Program At Shark Tank
In my news feed on Facebook last night, I spotted a post about a new indoor training facility in Rhode Island. Facility of Dreams is located at 750 School St., Pawtucket and is now open for business. Here is more … Continue reading Facility of Dreams – New Indoor Training Facility Now Open In Pawtucket
In late July of 2018, I made my way up to Lincoln Little League’s Randy Hien Field for one of my Rhode Island baseball field visits. Admittedly, I was not familiar with the field’s namesake and like other fields I … Continue reading Randall Hien, Jr On Baseball, Overcoming Adversity, And His Biggest Motivation In Life
Christopher “Mad Dog” Russo is a popular sports commentator, best selling author, radio and TV personality, and extremely excitable individual. His rants and raves and interjections and tirades about sports like baseball and sports towns like New York City have … Continue reading Reading Through “The Mad Dog 100” I Found An Interesting Argument or Two
Good Monday morning everyone. I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving holiday weekend. I’m back defining another baseball term in my “8Unassisted” series of explainer videos. This time, I answer the question “What is exit velocity?” Roll the tape… Exit … Continue reading 8Unassisted Answers The Question “What Is Exit Velocity”
During my tour of the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY I re-discovered a passion of mine – history. The history of baseball, its rules, its original fields, its shortsightedness, its glory – The Baseball Hall of Fame … Continue reading Now Pitching For The Philadelphia Bacharach Giants, Rhode Island’s Joseph Gomes
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