A Baseball Writer From Rhode Island
Jim Agnew from the Rhode Island Rays Baseball Club messaged me yesterday with a press release: Hi All, I hope everyone is well. I wanted to send you all a quick note ahead of our upcoming league announcement next week. As you probably know, several states have made very recent updates both last week and... Continue Reading →
Andrew Rice was a fantastic catcher. If you were to poll coaches and players in Linwood, his name would be on the top of everyone's list as to who was the best catcher in town. Andrew was "The Catcher" for district all star teams since he was 9 years old. At 10 years old, he... Continue Reading →
Organized youth sports in Rhode Island will generate revenue and make money for their local business community. This is a fact. In my opinion, there is no way to dispute the positive financial impact youth sports has on restaurants, sporting good stores, landscapers, construction companies, service based businesses, and the like. Every season, sponsors line... Continue Reading →
Through the power of video conferencing on Facebook, I watched an informative webinar yesterday afternoon presented by Little League®. On the official Facebook page of Little League® (@littleleague), several key members of the operations and safety divisions spoke at length about how to resume season play in the coming weeks. The video included moderated dialogue... Continue Reading →
Bottom of the 2nd Inning: Later that evening, after returning home and taking care of some household responsibilities, I made myself a nice cup of decaf tea and headed downstairs to my home office. My office was my sanctuary for writing articles, doing research, catching up on all things baseball, and was the only room... Continue Reading →
Please note, this is a fictional story and not based on actual people, places, or events. It is merely as story I HOPE will happen in the Summer of 2020. Sarah Parker knew that for at least the foreseeable future, watching her daughter Allison from afar was much, much better than not watching her at... Continue Reading →
On the website http://www.change.org, you will find a petition entitled "Let Them Play." Its goal is to present the Governor of Rhode Island with a responsible message regarding playing youth sports, like baseball, sooner than later. The authors, according to the petition are "The RHODE ISLAND Baseball Coalition is a group of baseball programs, organizations... Continue Reading →
As a rule of thumb for interviews, many writers start with the 5 W's and the 1 H. Who, What, When, Why, Where, and How can provide the foundation for any interview and set up a solid base to branch out on tangent type questions. Often, I will have prepared questions for my stories, only... Continue Reading →
Top of the 2nd: On this warm, July afternoon my son and I walked towards the 205th Restaurant with equal anticipation. My son was anticipating a big lunch because he was starving from baseball camp. I was anticipating a big story about a young pitching phenom who had just wowed me and everyone else at... Continue Reading →
As news that more and more baseball leagues here in Rhode Island are electing to continue to postpone or even cancel their Spring 2020 seasons, leagues are looking at several options for their league members. One of them is refunding their Spring registration money, 100%. Another is donating the registration money to the league, or... Continue Reading →
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