A Baseball Writer From Rhode Island
One of the great things about research is the discovery of interesting items not on your research list. I am dating myself but when I was a school aged lad, we had to go to the library and read books, encyclopedias, almanacs, atlases to gain information for research. Once inside those pieces of information, often times I... Continue Reading →
Don't you just love tangents? You know, when you are on one path and suddenly another very interesting path opens up and you head down there full speed? Like for example, I was out the other day with Rachel and the Weims (Rookie and Nora) exploring the area I lived in when I first moved to Virginia... Continue Reading →
In the Spring and Summer of 2023, I began researching baseball played at North Kingstown's Quonset Point Naval Air Station. Quonset Point or the Quonset Development Corporation, now a thriving business community, was once a commissioned naval air station and occupied a massive acreage in my hometown of North Kingstown. It had airfields and barracks and commissaries... Continue Reading →
Back in the late 1990s, I had an opportunity to play amateur baseball in the HRNABA, the Hampton Roads National or North, well it was a men's baseball league. I was mostly injured during my 2 year baseball stint at Springfield College, so I didn't really have much of a college baseball experience. Oh, I wasn't on... 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 →
Harold Winters found a bicycle in the garage of his son's home and smiled with glee. As he mounted the Schwinn 10 speed, he spotted a ratty old baseball glove and snatched off the wall with his cane. Then, he set off for his favorite spot, his favorite seat, his favorite tree, just to the right... Continue Reading →
By Thursday of last week, I was pretty much acclimated to West Coast time in terms of sleep and energy. I was out in Los Angeles for the week for ABF Freight visiting the Pico Rivera terminal. I didn't have a ton of time before my shift started every day at 8am, so I hustled out of... Continue Reading →
This past summer, I was introduced to an online archive of old newspapers and special photo collections through a connection at Providence College. These old photographs and stories were just amazing to read. I was predominantly searching articles about baseball and Quonset Point Naval Air Station. As I am now residing in Virginia, I thought... Continue Reading →
The Major League Baseball Winter Meetings are set to begin today, December 3rd, in Nashville, TN. Trade rumors and free agent potential landing spots for coveted pitchers, fielders, home run hitters are being debated on social media sites, airport gate benches, barber shops, grocery stores, and indoor baseball facilities. I just received notification that the... Continue Reading →
Baseball has a wonderful way of connecting communities, states, generations through players, stats, and fun facts. You can be a stranger in a new town and see a baseball picture on a wall in a retail store, point out to the clerk "hey is that Johnny Pesky in that photo?" then a woman comes out... Continue Reading →
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