Last month here in Norfolk, Rachel and I went to an incredible photography exhibit at the Chrysler Museum. The exhibit, believe it or not, was not about baseball. Rather, it was about one of my other passions in life – music. Paul McCartney’s … Continue reading Tales Of The Quonset Flyers Baseball Team – John Patrick, The Missing Man
I have had so much fun compiling news articles about the Quonset Point Naval Air Station’s connection to baseball in the years prior to its decommissioning in 1974. Through the Providence College Archives and Special Collections group, I have found … Continue reading The Quonset Point Naval Air Station Baseball Experience – Flyers Flying High Over The Competition
For the past few weeks, I have been researching the baseball experiences of the Quonset Naval Air Station pre-1974. 1974 was the year the base was deactivated essentially ending operations there in terms of the United States Military. Through the … Continue reading The Quonset Point Naval Air Station Baseball Experience – Who They Played And How They Did
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
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