By Trevor: Of the many different types of approaches to the game of baseball, there is one that brings a team together more than all others, this is the “balls to wall,” “dirt-dog,” “hard-assed” player. Modern examples of this: Ken Griffey Jr., Jim Edmonds, Chuck Carr, Bryce Harper, Yasiel Puig, Derek Jeter, Josh Reddick, Coco…
A lot has happened over the past week and the 9 Inning Crew discusses a lot of different topics on their recent shows. Just be aware that you never know what you might hear (especially on Norm’s show). Stormin with Norman July 26th Click Here to Listen On this episode of Stormin with Norman, Norm…
By Josh: When you go to a baseball game, you go to watch the players. You watch the way the pitcher winds up, and even the batting stance of each batter. Rarely do you pay attention to the umpires unless they make a bad call, or a call you disagree with, even though they are…
Continued from Part 1 You were a pretty good water polo player. In a nutshell, tell us about your career at Villanova. Haha. Thank you. I wouldn’t say I was always a good water polo player, but once I committed, I made my work ethic my priority and gave myself reasonable expectations. Once I exceeded…
Hannah, thanks for taking time to chat with 9 Inning Know it All. Hi Norm, Thank you so much for giving me this opportunity! This is my first in-depth interview and I am so excited to be a part of 9 Inning Know It All. Please tell us more about yourself. I am originally from…
Tracy Ringolsby has won many awards in his career as a writer and baseball analyst. He is a the president of the Baseball Writers Association of America and has been a member since 1976. Ringolsby is the pre-game and post-game analyst for Root Sports telecasts of the Colorado Rockies and a columnist for MLB.com. He…
9 Inning Know It All Empire part 1 9 Inning Know It All Empire part 2 By Josh: Where We Are Now I can’t believe just how active the 9 Inning Empire is at this point. Along with Kelly, Norm and myself the empire has another regular writer in Trevor Winsor. Trevor played college baseball…
Continued from 9 Inning Know It All Empire Part 1 of 3 By Josh: The Team I knew that people would get tired of just reading my thoughts and opinions so I had to branch out and find others with the same passion and knowledge for baseball that I had. I interacted with Norm Ordaz…
By Josh: The Beginning Most people don’t realize the truth behind what sparked me to start the 9 Inning Empire. Although I love baseball and do enjoy writing my thoughts, the real reason was to prove that I could effectively do social media and blogging better than another individual. This person’s level of ineffectiveness and…
By Trevor: The game of baseball has many different approaches to it. There isn’t a one “cookie cutter” type of player. The approaches range from boarder-line insanity to very calm and collected. A few weeks ago I was at the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes game and they were playing the Vancouver Canadians. The Canadians first baseman, Jordan…
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