This week, I received a powerful email from Murray State University (Racers) Pitching Coach Steve Adkins about a coaching icon who had a profound effect on his baseball career. In Coach Adkins’ email, he described the incredible personal impact former … Continue reading Murray State Baseball Coach Posts Living Tribute to Siena’s Tony Rossi
Of all the baseball movies ever produced, I would rank “The Natural” as one of my favorites. Likely 1 or 2 if I had to really sit down and compare “The Natural” versus others like “The Sandlot,” “Field of Dreams,” … Continue reading Baseball Book Review – “The Natural” By Bernard Malamud
I have been involved with baseball in some capacity for nearly 50 years and running. I have played, coached, mentored, scouted, and written about baseball since I was roughly elementary school age. Over the decades, I have accumulated many, many … Continue reading The Baseball Storyteller Stories Come Alive In Show And Tell Event
I have been searching for a word or term that describes the following feeling – things were so much better back in 19XX than they are now. I found a word online, “presentism” that caught my eye but doesn’t really … Continue reading A Nostalgic Look At Sports Reporters On Sunday Mornings
Last week, I visited Bayside Library here in my hometown of Virginia Beach, VA. I was in the library for another purpose but decided to take advantage of the time to peruse through their Sports section for baseball books. In … Continue reading Baseball Book Review – “Baseball’s Great Expectations” by Patrick Montgomery
One of my wife’s favorite shows is NBC’s “The Voice.” “The Voice” has an interesting audition process, whereby a singer will face a row of judges with their chairs facing away from the stage. The premise, I suppose, is for … Continue reading A Blind Audition Featuring 27 Worthy Candidates Vying For One Incredible Prize
Picking up where I left off yesterday, I am continuing to highlight some of my recent baseball and cultural experiences on a recent trip to Harlingen, Texas. Quick side note, I had never heard of Harlingen before about 3 weeks … Continue reading My Baseball And Cultural Experiences In Harlingen, Texas – Part 2
On my recent trip out to the Chicago/NW Indiana area for business (ArcBest), I had some personal time Wednesday to check out some local baseball experiences. One spot that really caught my eye was in nearby Hammond, Indiana (I was … Continue reading A Wednesday Morning Visit To Purdue University Northwest, Laborers’ Local 41 Baseball Field
I will admit. In terms of name recognition, I went to a pretty famous college – Springfield College. Springfield College (Massachusetts) is famous for a lot of things sports related, namely the Birthplace of Basketball. The National Basketball Hall of … Continue reading A Tuesday Afternoon Visit To Notre Dame University and Jake Kline Baseball Field
“That girl, that woman became my obsession, my crush, my love from that day forward. Her name was Cecelia, named after her mother’s mother. I called her CC and rarely called her Cecelia. Soon after meeting her, I discovered that … Continue reading A Wednesday afternoon Daycation Trip To Chincoteague Island – Part 5, What Do You Think My Next Step Is
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