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
Summer collegiate wooden bat league baseball, for my time and money, is the number one baseball experience on my baseball schedule every year. If I have a choice between several baseball experiences that fall on the same day, summer collegiate … Continue reading Getting To Know The Peninsula Pilots Director of On-Field Gameday Operations Perry Woods
My grandfather on my Dad’s side was a sport nut. He was into golf, tennis, squash, hiking the woods, and was by most family member’s recollections a very fit man until his death. He dabbled in football with the NY … Continue reading An Impressive 1964 Topps Collectible Baseball Coin Lineup Featuring Mays, Spahn, Bunning, and Zimmer
Let me take you inside the mind of a baseball tangent extraordinaire – yours truly. So, I am working my way through Jane Leavy’s biography of Sandy Koufax, “A Lefty’s Legacy,” and loving every page of it. Also on my … Continue reading Dwight Gooden Should Be In The National Baseball Hall Of Fame
Saturday afternoon, after being mostly sick for 2 straight weeks, Rachel and I ventured out of Virginia Beach for a day-cation adventure in nearby Williamsburg, VA. Williamsburg is a short drive, about 45 minutes or so, from our home in … Continue reading A Wintry Walk Around Williamsburg, William & Mary’s Plumeri Baseball Park
Well, if you ask me, priceless. Carl Yastrzemski is/was/will always be my favorite player. Boston Red Sox rookie, took over in LF for Ted Williams, played his entire career in Boston, that classic Yaz snarl at every public event post … Continue reading How Much Is My 1980 Carl Yaz Baseball Card Worth?
Growing up in the 1970s and 1980s, I recall receiving information about life in what would now be considered as primitive means. We went to the library to research term papers and history essays. The news came on at 6pm … Continue reading A Baseball Card Collector Opens His First Pack in Nearly 30 Years
2024 was a year of wonderful baseball experiences I will never forget. I traveled as far was as Tacoma, Washington. Took in a Rainiers game with Mount Rainier in the background. I traveled to Phoenix, Arizona and just about every … Continue reading Good Morning, Good Afternoon, Good Night to my Baseball experiences in 2024
On a recent trip to California for ABF Freight, I mapped out several baseball experiences within a 30 mile radius of my hotel. Now, 30 miles in LA or Orange County does not always equate to 30 minutes of travel, … Continue reading A Tuesday Afternoon Visit to Blair Field, Home of the Cal State Long Beach Dirtbags
About 10 years or so ago, I was driving up Ten Rod Road in North Kingstown, Rhode Island when I spotted a beautiful item at a yard sale. A mint condition, Martin Acoustic Guitar, right there in the yard sale … Continue reading Baseball Book Review – The Teammates by David Halberstam
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