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 other side of that gate, that door, that entryway – something incredible was about to … Continue reading The RIBBE Takes A Road Trip To Cooperstown, NY – Part 4, The Rhode Island Connection
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 Route 28 to the outside of the Cooperstown Dreams Park to catch a morning view … Continue reading The RIBBE Takes A Road Trip To Cooperstown, NY – Part 3, The Gate Was Open
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, I could see parts of the field and listened as water flowed under the first … Continue reading The RIBBE Takes A Road Trip To Cooperstown, NY – Part 2, The Night Life
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 incredible villages in the entire United States of America. To write just one story, to … Continue reading The RIBBE Takes A Road Trip To Cooperstown, NY – Part 1, The Detour
Every Spring for the past several years, I await the rosters to be announced for local collegiate summer baseball leagues. In particular, the New England Collegiate Baseball League who features two teams (The Newport Gulls, Ocean State Waves) that play … Continue reading Warwick West Side’s Matt Woods On His Baseball Journey from Pilgrim To Bryant University
The weather here in Rhode Island (and New England) this fall has been spectacular and I hope that continues. But, as we all know in Rhode Island, the weather can change in an instant and the cold and wintery weather … Continue reading 1st Annual Winter Skills Clinic Announced for Cranston East Little League
The Rhode Island Men’s Senior Baseball League (RIMSBL) 2021 regular season began sometime in late May and continued all Summer and into Fall. The three divisions (30+, 40+, and 50+) played an average of 20 to 25 baseball games over … Continue reading Rhode Island Men’s Senior Baseball League Championship Series Recap
After a recent article about one of my Rhode Island baseball field experiences, I was contacted by Seekonk Little League’s Brian LaSalle. LaSalle is the former President of Seekonk Little League (as of late September, 2021), who has spent 10 … Continue reading A Baseball Hit So Far It Left Massachusetts and Landed in Rhode Island
Adamsville, Rhode Island is home to one of my favorite baseball fields to visit. The Adamsville Field with the Rhode Island Red plaque, the stone walls surrounding the field, the wooden benches, the great views from the stone stairs in … Continue reading An Autumn Road Trip To Adamsville Baseball Field
Block Island has always been one of my favorite places to visit in any season. Most trips to the Block, I just take the ferry and rely on taxis, mopeds, or my own two feet for transportation. This past year, … Continue reading Baseball History On Display At Block Island Historical Society
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