Ok, I just couldn’t resist. My intentions were to go to Cardines Field last night, sit there like all the other fans, take in the game, minimal photos, no notebook, no chicken scratch shorthand, no interviews pre or post game … Continue reading Pell Series Baseball Featuring Gulls vs. Waves, Cardines Field
One of the incredible things about researching a topic is the interesting tangents you can encounter along your research expedition. In a previous blog, I mentioned that I had been doing some research on a field of my youth, a … Continue reading The Quonset Point Naval Air Station Baseball Experience – The Flyers, The Fields, The Feller
Dougie Walsh, fresh off his cured hands and conscience, walked into the boys baseball office to seek out his Head Coach. Coach Wilson greeted Dougie with a big smile and a big handshake and invited him into to sit down. … Continue reading The Boy Who Threw Strikes – An Honest Day’s Work On The Mound
I have lived in the Town of North Kingstown, RI (off and on) for the past 51 years. The same time period when my parents bought a house on Ten Rod Road in 1974 and according to RIAMCO (The Rhode … Continue reading Revisiting The Fields Of My Youth – Quonset Point NAS Softball Field
Dougie Walsh called his coach and pleaded with him to give him another shot on the mound. His last performance did not go so well and Dougie was dropped from the rotation. He invited his coach over to his accuracy … Continue reading The Boy Who Threw Strikes – An Unhittable Performance, With A Catch
Dougie Walsh had a new grip on the baseball that allowed him to experiment with a wide range of pitches. His youth coaches had always preached throwing strikes and pitching to contact. Dougie, with his insane accuracy, often took this … Continue reading The Boy Who Threw Strikes – Hang Loose Everybody, Hang Loose
After Dougie Walsh pitched (perhaps) the worst game of his young baseball career, he hopped in his mom’s car with a giant scowl on his face. His mom asked him what happened out there today. Dougie shrugged and said, “I … Continue reading The Boy Who Threw Strikes – A New Grip On Reality
Dougie Walsh had a knack for throwing strikes. As a youth baseball player, Dougie would spend countless hours during the cold New England Winters in his garage throwing baseballs at targets like empty milk cartons. Once the weather improved enough to go outside, Dougie drew a strike zone on his parent’s shed and pelted it daily with pitches. One day, Dougie saw a ratty old sock net and stand in the woods behind a Little League field and retrieved it for his pitching workouts. He placed it at home plate and threw baseball after baseball into the netting. Dougie’s friends … Continue reading The Boy Who Threw Strikes – An 8Unassisted Baseball Cartoon
Playing multiple sports, whether it is youth leagues or as a collegiate athlete, has been proven to be sound formula for athletic success. Working the same muscle groups over and over again, performing the same repetitive motion, and engaging in the same activity is not necessarily a bad thing. However, cross training your body by swimming, biking, playing basketball, playing soccer, playing baseball, playing hockey is an outstanding way to become a much better overall athlete – physically, strategically, mentally. And, you get to experience a new game, a new format, and maybe find a sport or discipline that fits … Continue reading The Multisport Athlete – An 8Unassisted Life Experience Cartoon Montage
Ever heard a baseball announcer or a fan standing next to you at a game or a fellow coach in the dugout utter the phrase, “Good morning, good afternoon, and good night?” Me too and it is just one of hundreds of baseball slangs, slogans, and sayings that make the game of baseball so timeless and precious to me. The phrase is uttered when a pitcher throws three consecutive strikes (most often without the batter moving a muscle at the plate) freezing him/her at the plate and recording a very impressive strikeout. Coincidentally, it is also the phrase I often … Continue reading The Rhode Island Baseball Experience Final Swing – Good Morning, Good Afternoon, and Good Luck
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