Last night, I witnessed a modern day, amazing matchup in the Major Leagues. The Boston Red Sox LHP Garrett Crochet faced the New York Mets left-handed slugger Juan Soto. In fact, Crochet faced Soto three times and registered the same … Continue reading Baseball Book Review – Diamond Duels, Baseball’s Greatest Matchups by John Nogowski
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
Baseball fans love to debate over who is the greatest player who ever lived. It is a fascinating debate because of the many generations, many circumstances, many opportunities that baseball players have or have not had which makes them great. … Continue reading Baseball Book Review – Satchel, The Life and Times of an American Legend
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
On most nights during the week, I listen to the radio broadcast of Boston Red Sox Baseball at work or on the car ride home or sitting on my deck. Every game features a pre-game show which offers a variety of things – pitching matchups, injury reports, playoff trending reports, and so on. When the Red Sox are on the road, the team of broadcasters typically get into the communities and culture of the visiting city and report on these events on the pre-game as well. This week, the Red Sox traveled to Kansas City to face the KC Royals. … Continue reading The “Thanks A Million, Buck” Campaign To Enrich Baseball History And Honor A Baseball Legend
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
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 every single exhibit to read up on the then and now of baseball. The Baseball … Continue reading The RIBBE Takes A Road Trip To Cooperstown, NY – Part 5, The Then And Now Of Baseball
The Baseball Storyteller 