Here is a quick follow up to a story I posted a few weeks back about Hampton’s Peninsula Pilots. The Peninsula Pilots are a summer collegiate baseball league team who plays in the historic Coastal Plain League. I had a … Continue reading Peninsula Pilots Announce Baseball Card Promotion for 2025 Summer Collegiate Baseball Season
Last week during my work trip to Tampa, Florida for ABF Freight, I had some personal time at night to baseball-explore. About 3 miles from my hotel, sat the University of South Florida and so I decided to take an … Continue reading A Night Time Visit to Red McEwen Baseball Field, University of South Florida
A few weeks ago, I penned an article about Dwight Gooden. I believe he belongs in the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY. Cooperstown, NY is about 200 miles due north of Shea Stadium, where Gooden started for … Continue reading An Afternoon Trip To Billy Reed Field, Home of the Hillsborough High School, Big Red Baseball
Last week, I was in Tampa, Florida for work (ABF Freight). During my stay, I discovered that the Tampa area has an abundance of baseball experiences including but not limited to a Major League franchise (Tampa Bay Rays), a Minor … Continue reading A Tuesday Morning Trip To Tampa Tarpons, George Steinbrenner Field At NYY Complex
My Dad, Mark Sydney Roby, turned 80 years old this past week. January 9, 1945; born in Chattanooga, Tennessee; a self-described Army Brat; fanatic reader of science, space, and medicine; still cracking jokes at 80 years of age. My dad … Continue reading Happy 80th Birthday Dad, Thanks For The Baseball Lesson
Summer collegiate wooden bat league baseball, for my time and money, is the number one baseball experience on my baseball schedule every year. If I have a choice between several baseball experiences that fall on the same day, summer collegiate … Continue reading Getting To Know The Peninsula Pilots Director of On-Field Gameday Operations Perry Woods
My grandfather on my Dad’s side was a sport nut. He was into golf, tennis, squash, hiking the woods, and was by most family member’s recollections a very fit man until his death. He dabbled in football with the NY … Continue reading An Impressive 1964 Topps Collectible Baseball Coin Lineup Featuring Mays, Spahn, Bunning, and Zimmer
Let me take you inside the mind of a baseball tangent extraordinaire – yours truly. So, I am working my way through Jane Leavy’s biography of Sandy Koufax, “A Lefty’s Legacy,” and loving every page of it. Also on my … Continue reading Dwight Gooden Should Be In The National Baseball Hall Of Fame
Saturday afternoon, after being mostly sick for 2 straight weeks, Rachel and I ventured out of Virginia Beach for a day-cation adventure in nearby Williamsburg, VA. Williamsburg is a short drive, about 45 minutes or so, from our home in … Continue reading A Wintry Walk Around Williamsburg, William & Mary’s Plumeri Baseball Park
Well, if you ask me, priceless. Carl Yastrzemski is/was/will always be my favorite player. Boston Red Sox rookie, took over in LF for Ted Williams, played his entire career in Boston, that classic Yaz snarl at every public event post … Continue reading How Much Is My 1980 Carl Yaz Baseball Card Worth?
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