A few months back, after the 2025 Cooperstown Baseball Hall of Fame inductees were announced, I began to ponder why Dwight Gooden was not a Continue Reading
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Baseball Book Review – Sandy Koufax, A Lefty’s Legacy by Jane Leavy
This past January, the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY announced that three new members will be inducted in the Summer of 2025. Continue Reading
Don Mattingly Should Be In The National Baseball Hall of Fame
Here is a bold and honest statement from a long time Boston Red Sox fan, Don Mattingly should be in Cooperstown’s National Baseball Hall of Continue Reading
The RIBBE Takes A Road Trip To Cooperstown, NY – Part 6, The Plaque Room
On the first floor of the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, NY there is a large room with hundreds of plaques mounted to Continue Reading
The RIBBE Takes A Road Trip To Cooperstown, NY – Part 5, The Then And Now Of Baseball
As I was photographing and cataloguing Rhode Island references in the National Baseball Hall of Fame, I could not help but stop at just about Continue Reading
The RIBBE Takes A Road Trip To Cooperstown, NY – Part 4, The Rhode Island Connection
Have you ever stood just outside the main gate of any park, restaurant, graduation ceremony and just knew in your heart that just on the Continue Reading
The RIBBE Takes A Road Trip To Cooperstown, NY – Part 3, The Gate Was Open
After a great hotel breakfast (the hotel had an automatic pancake machine!) and a large cup of coffee, I took a one mile stroll down Continue Reading
The RIBBE Takes A Road Trip To Cooperstown, NY – Part 2, The Night Life
We arrived at Doubleday Field, Cooperstown just after 5:00pm to find the gates locked. From the main gate next to the bleachers behind home plate, Continue Reading
The RIBBE Takes A Road Trip To Cooperstown, NY – Part 1, The Detour
As a preface to this blog and those upcoming, I just want to say what a thrill it was to visit one of the most Continue Reading
A Baseball Player from Woonsocket, RI Makes The Major Leagues
Baseball statistical sites such as Baseball Reference (www.baseballreference.com) track the coolest baseball stats you can think of. Who won the MVP in 1967? How many Continue Reading