“How did a Topps Baseball Card employee from Pawtucket, Rhode Island end up on a farm on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, that’s was your next question is. Am I right?” asked the Farmer looking straight at me, no tears … Continue reading A Wednesday Afternoon Daycation Trip To Chincoteague Island – Part 3, You Did What?
The farmer extended his right arm in a “come this way” gesture to his office, the one I visited without permission. His other arm went on my shoulder, a very personal and gentlemanly move by a man looking to make … Continue reading A Wednesday Afternoon Daycation Trip To Chincoteague Island – Part 2, Let Me Finish Before You Judge Me
This past week, Rachel and I took a day trip from our home in Virginia Beach northeast to Virginia’s Eastern Shore and eventually Chincoteague Island. The trip, which encompassed about 100 miles of roads, tunnels, and bridges included time on … Continue reading A Wednesday Afternoon Daycation Trip To Chincoteague Island – Part 1, Farm Stand Surprise
Faneuil Hall always considered himself a bit of an eccentric personality. Faneuil was named after the famous landmark by his mother, Roberta, who was discovered performing a one person act play called “Tickets, Please” on the cobblestones of Boston by famed Hollywood movie promoter Harry Shaw. Roberta went on to star in feature films in the 1940s and 1950s and brought her son Faneuil along on her various movie sets. There on the movie sets, little Fanny, as his mother would call him and he would despise, learned the arts and wonder of the movie prop business. In the early … Continue reading The Clown House – A Mailbox Baseball Story, Chapter 1: The Halls Move to Hertford
The Baseball Storyteller 