Last week, I traveled north to New Jersey for ABF Freight to work in the Avenel, NJ terminal. After work on Tuesday afternoon, I researched the area (sound familiar) for any baseball teams, fields, leagues, etc. and found one particular … Continue reading Tuesday Evening Baseball In Somerset Featuring Patriots vs Sea Dogs
This past week, Major League Baseball organizations took a few days off to organize, promote, and run several exciting events during their annual All-Star Week. Arlington, Texas was the place to be for All-Star festivities and special events like the … Continue reading The HBCU Swingman Classic Experience Courtesy of Norfolk State University’s Justin Journette
Whenever I visit a baseball park, meet a player, am introduced to a team, or learn something from a baseball resource, I try to make a connection at some point with that experience on social media. Not everyone uses social … Continue reading An Amazing Tribute, Night Of Awareness At Recent Batavia Muckdogs Game
The 2024 Major League Baseball Draft took place this week. This year’s MLB draft consisted of 20 rounds of selecting high school, Junior College, and College eligible baseball players. The draft took place over several days, culminating with the final … Continue reading I Was Lucky Enough To See These Major League Baseball Draftees In Person
This past Sunday, Rachel and I decided to take a short road trip to Elizabeth City, North Carolina. Two major highways (64, 264) and a rural state highway (17), roughly 50 miles of farms and super tall trees, and tons … Continue reading A Stormy Sunday Afternoon Visit To Holmes Baseball Field for Skippers vs. River Bandits
Whether you are kid in your backyard or a 50 something has been (me), a game of catch is really something special, isn’t it? So, what constitutes a game of catch? At its core, it is two individuals standing several … Continue reading Baseball Book Review – K, A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches by Tyler Kepner
Wednesday here in Virginia Beach turned out to be another scorcher. With temperatures climbing into the 90s and the humidity/dew point nearly matching it, it was just downright hot. Tropical, I think that’s what the WAVY TV10 weatherman coined it, … Continue reading Wednesday Night Baseball Fireworks Featuring Peninsula Pilots vs. Wilson Tobs
Monday night, with the heat index exceeding 100° here in Virginia Beach, I did what most people do in the summer to beat the heat. I convinced my wife to take in a summer collegiate baseball game. What would you … Continue reading Monday Night Tidewater Summer League Baseball Featuring VB Valor vs. Coastal Coconuts
Like every other Rhode Island baseball player in professional baseball, Addison Kopack has a great story. A Cumberland High School standout, a coveted roster spot on the University of Rhode Island baseball team, working through a non-season in 2020 due … Continue reading Rhode Island’s Addison Kopack Collects Milestone Hit With The El Paso Chihuahuas
If you have been to a thousand baseball games, played in several hundred, coached nearly a hundred, watched baseball on TV religiously since you were in diapers, and written about baseball for nearly 5 decades – would you consider yourself … Continue reading The Live Action, In Game Baseball Interview – A Fan’s Reaction
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