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
Dougie Walsh, fresh off his cured hands and conscience, walked into the boys baseball office to seek out his Head Coach. Coach Wilson greeted Dougie with a big smile and a big handshake and invited him into to sit down. … Continue reading The Boy Who Threw Strikes – An Honest Day’s Work On The Mound
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
I didn’t travel much outside of New England during the 2 plus years of Covid-19. I am probably not alone in that statement. Many people stayed home or stayed local due to travel restrictions and state, federal guidelines on travel. … Continue reading The Fayetteville Woodpeckers And Super Long Train Experience
I love attending baseball games on any level. Local youth baseball games with the stars of tomorrow playing in oversized shirts, baggy pants and their nervous parents pacing behind the dugouts. High school games, like yesterday’s Narragansett vs Middletown, which featured my amazing nephew Jackson Hohl in LF (great game Jackson, you had that dude at home plate). And all the way through college, the minors, and into the professional level – where the skill level combines athleticism, near perfect hand-eye coordination, and talent that is just out of this world. With all that being said, my absolute favorite games … Continue reading Why The Sag Harbor Whalers, Brockton Rox Are On My Must See List For Summer Collegiate Baseball
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