A Baseball Writer From Rhode Island
I enthusiastically applaud Major League Baseball for its newest promotional series called Spring Breakout 2024. What is Spring Breakout and who will be playing? Good question. 30 Major League teams have submitted rosters filled with top minor league prospects - hitters, pitchers, catchers, fielders - essentially the future of their organizations. These rosters will play... Continue Reading →
Last month here in Norfolk, Rachel and I went to an incredible photography exhibit at the Chrysler Museum. The exhibit, believe it or not, was not about baseball. Rather, it was about one of my other passions in life - music. Paul McCartney's "Eyes Of The Storm" photography exhibit featured some incredibly personal photography, shot by McCartney himself,... Continue Reading →
If you watch sports on TV, your phone, your computer these days, you will most likely have seen the following. Former professional athletes joined at a desk or round table by one or two sports journalists, plus a few on TVs to the left and right of the screen at any given time. Their purpose - to... Continue Reading →
I was traveling back to Rhode Island recently, after a stop in Virginia Beach, via the Norfolk International Airport. Sitting in the available seating for my designated gate, I struck up a conversation with a Navy family - a proud family whose son went to Annapolis, played sports, graduated, and is now enrolled at the... Continue Reading →
The first week of August, I received an baseball story email from Penguin Random House Publicity Agent, Julianna Meinz. In her email, she mentioned that New York Times bestselling author Joe Posnanski was coming to Newport, RI on a book tour to promote his new book, Why We Love Baseball (Dutton; September 5, 2023). Julianna... Continue Reading →
I recently wrote about Rhode Island Baseball history being made in the Bronx, with the New York Yankee's Michael King (Bishop Hendricken High School) throwing a pitch to the Houston Astro's Jeremy Peña (Classical High School) in a Major League game. And with the news of BHHS's Alex Clemmey going in the 2nd round to... Continue Reading →
If you follow my blog, and if you do thank you, I wrote some time back about a potential historical event for Rhode Island baseball. A matchup of a former Rhode Island High School Pitcher vs a former Rhode Island High School Hitter in a Major League Baseball game. Two players came to mind, The... Continue Reading →
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 with managers and players and staff, no posts to social media throughout the game. I... Continue Reading →
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 softball field located on Quonset Point, RI. A field that I played on when I... Continue Reading →
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... Continue Reading →
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