This past Halloween, 2024 marked one year since Rachel and I moved from Rhode Island to Virginia Beach. It has been a mostly positive move for Rachel and myself, but we do miss our Rhode Island family and friends dearly … Continue reading Sunday Morning Visit To Bryant University’s New Conaty Baseball Park
One of the huge advantages Hampton Roads athletes have is weather. In my opinion, the weather in Hampton Roads is mostly decent to awesome well over 75% of the year. Sure it gets warm and humid and muggy, but who’s … Continue reading Norfolk’s Coastal Sports Center Aims To Prepare You For Baseball, Softball, Life
Hampton Roads, Virginia has produced some of the most prolific athletes not only in Virginia sports history, but nationwide as well. One of the most decorated athletes to come out of Hampton Roads in the past 30 years is Hampton’s … Continue reading A Fall Visit to Hampton’s Bethel High School Baseball Field
On my travels back to the airport to come home from a business trip to Sacramento for ABF Freight, I decided to stop in at nearby California State University at Sacramento. The university, the football field, the campus, and baseball … Continue reading Saturday Morning Visit to Sacramento State And Hornets Baseball Field
With the New York Yankees winning the 2024 American League Pennant and the Los Angeles Dodgers winning the 2024 National League Pennant, the 2024 World Series was supposed to be an epically historical baseball matchup. You have the two biggest … Continue reading I’m Sorry, Did The Much Hyped Dodgers vs. Yankees World Series End Already?
Last week, I was on the west coast on assignment for ABF Freight. Sacramento, California to be exact. After a busy week of work and a cool experience at the Golden 1 Center to see the Sacramento Kings play the … Continue reading Friday Afternoon Visit To Sutter Health Park, Home Of The Sacramento Rivercats
I have a ton of respect for student-athletes. In order to be good at math, most people have to work at it. In order to be good at relationships, most people have to work at it. In order to hit … Continue reading How Club Baseball Extends The Baseball Life Of The College Student-Athlete
If you are smarter than me, which isn’t saying much, can you make this happen? Through the power of software and ingenuity, can you have the voice of the late, great Vin Scully call the 2024 World Series, featuring the … Continue reading Can We some how, Some Way Summon The Voice Of The Dodgers To Call this Series?
Major League Baseball has worked very hard over the past few decades to make the outcome of a baseball game more predictable and more accurate. Wins vs opponent, batting average vs Pitcher, defensive WAR (wins against replacement), baserunning, win percentage … Continue reading The Non-Predictable Forces That May Decide This Year’s World Series
Upon hearing of the passing of Los Angeles Dodgers great Fernando Valenzuela, I leafed through my collection of baseball cards to see if I had his card. I found a gem. A 1981 Topps Dodgers Future Stars Baseball card, and … Continue reading Baseball World Loses A Dodger Legend, RIP Fernando Valenzuela
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