One of the great things about research is the discovery of interesting items not on your research list. I am dating myself but when I was a school aged lad, we had to go to the library and read books, encyclopedias, … Continue reading A Winter Visit To Kempsville High School Reveals A Familiar Multi-Sport Star
If you watch sports on TV, your phone, your computer these days, you will most likely have seen the following. Former professional athletes joined at a desk or round table by one or two sports journalists, plus a few on TVs to the left and right of the screen at any given time. Their purpose – to predict the future and analyze the past and scrutinize the present and above all, entertain the sports fan on their sport of expertise. Could be football, could be basketball, could be a specific conference like the ACC or SEC, could be baseball. Whatever the sport, you can rest … Continue reading My Top 8 Professional Baseball Predictions for 2024
Baseball has a wonderful way of connecting communities, states, generations through players, stats, and fun facts. You can be a stranger in a new town and see a baseball picture on a wall in a retail store, point out to … Continue reading The Baseball Connection Linking Virginia Beach to Newport, RI – Chris Taylor
On my recent trip to Lawrenceville, Georgia for ABF Freight, I had some personal time after work to check out local baseball fields in and around the terminal. On a Google Map search of the area, I found Parkview High … Continue reading A Visit to Parkview High School Baseball Stadium, A Georgia Baseball Powerhouse
In your family, were you the first to do something? The first one to earn a college degree or the first one to finish and publish a novel or the first to set foot in Australia? Being the first to … Continue reading Tracking Two Roby Minor League Baseball Players On Their Path To The Majors
I was on the road last week in Indianapolis, IN doing some field training at the Indy terminal. As I typically do, I did some pre-search work on the area I am staying in (Carmel, IN) as well as surrounding … Continue reading The Indianapolis Experience – Clowns, Cars, Basketball Gym Bars
I recently wrote about Rhode Island Baseball history being made in the Bronx, with the New York Yankee’s Michael King (Bishop Hendricken High School) throwing a pitch to the Houston Astro’s Jeremy Peña (Classical High School) in a Major League … Continue reading Checking In On Rhode Island Players in Independent, Minor League Baseball
If you follow my blog, and if you do thank you, I wrote some time back about a potential historical event for Rhode Island baseball. A matchup of a former Rhode Island High School Pitcher vs a former Rhode Island … Continue reading Rhode Island Baseball History Made – King vs Peña in an MLB game
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
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
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