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Hit The Gas Or Pump The Brakes – A Fan’s View Of Baseball’s Automated Ball And Strike System

Posted on June 30, 2024 by The Baseball Storyteller

Whether I am home or on the road traveling for work, time permitting, I always enjoy a night/day out at a baseball game. I have Continue Reading

Umpire Training Course Offered For Rhode Island High School Students This September

Posted on August 19, 2022August 19, 2022 by The Baseball Storyteller

I received an email this week from Strike Zone Director Dan LaCorbiniere regarding an upcoming umpire course. Dan and I connected earlier this year when Continue Reading

Meet Alfred Travieso, Your Friendly Neighborhood Rhode Island Baseball Umpire

Posted on September 17, 2021September 17, 2021 by The Baseball Storyteller

In addition to attending games, tournaments, and baseball events throughout Rhode Island, I love hearing from the Rhode Island Baseball Community. I receive emails about Continue Reading

For San Jose
October 26, 2026
Sharks captain Macklin Celebrini knows the stakes and is ready to bring the glory days back to San Jose
Dear UT
October 23, 2026
Matthew McConaughey: “At Texas, football is our front porch. We can be anywhere in the world, but if UT is on, we’re there. We’re back home again. Transported. Enraptured.”
BREWERS FANS, PLEASE READ!!!
October 22, 2026
William Contreras: “I’ll tell you this: We’re a great team. We’ve been a great team.”
Dear Jalen
October 20, 2026
Before every game, Jalen Brunson’s mom, Sandra, sends him a text message. Before his first game as an NBA Champion, she did something a little different.
To the People Who Carried Me
October 15, 2026
Mikel Merino: “I looked at the people I love, and I thought, I cannot ask any more of life.”