I was traveling back to Rhode Island recently, after a stop in Virginia Beach, via the Norfolk International Airport. Sitting in the available seating for my designated gate, I struck up a conversation with a Navy family – a proud … Continue reading 6th Annual Cardines Classic – Free, Family Friendly Baseball Event
On a recent business trip to Baltimore for ABF Freight, I spent some personal time visiting Joe Cannon Stadium in nearby Hanover, Maryland. With my work commitment scheduled for later in the morning, I took a few minutes to tour … Continue reading Tuesday Morning Trip To Joe Cannon Stadium
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
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
Ok, I just couldn’t resist. My intentions were to go to Cardines Field last night, sit there like all the other fans, take in the game, minimal photos, no notebook, no chicken scratch shorthand, no interviews pre or post game … Continue reading Pell Series Baseball Featuring Gulls vs. Waves, Cardines Field
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
I have lived in the Town of North Kingstown, RI (off and on) for the past 51 years. The same time period when my parents bought a house on Ten Rod Road in 1974 and according to RIAMCO (The Rhode … Continue reading Revisiting The Fields Of My Youth – Quonset Point NAS Softball Field
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