Beyond Left Field with Norm: Tyler LaTorre

Tyler LaTorre was signed as a non-drafted free agent by the Giants in 2006.  Tyler, thanks for taking some time. Please tell us more about yourself. What has been the best moment of your career so far? I have had many great moments in my life because of baseball. In 2003, while playing for UC…

Even at Work Baseball Consumes My Thoughts

So this week I was given the task of writing a blog article at work about tips for prospective students who are looking at doing Adult Degree programs or Graduate programs and guess what I used as examples throughout the entire blog? Yup, baseball from start to finish. Do I think about baseball a little…

Beyond Left Field with Norm: Alon Leichman

Alon Leichman’s (pronounced Alone) dreams are like those of millions of other kids.  To warm up in the bullpen deep in right field at Yankee Stadium, get the call, and jog out to the mound in the Bronx.  Unlike most other 20-year olds, though, Alon has a spent a lifetime building his own baseball dreams. Alon was…

Latest Leaders – February 2013

Latest Leaders – February 2013. Wondering just how the 9 Inning Know It All did in the month of February? Well we moved up the rankings once again to #13.  Our goal is to make it into the top 10 and we are right there on the verge. If you are wanting even more baseball…

Beyond Left Field with Norm: Ed Yong

Ed Yong begins his fifth season with the Spokane Indians after spending 2008 as the strength and conditioning coordinator for the Chinese Olympic Baseball Team, in preparation for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. From 2004-2007, Yong served as a minor league strength and conditioning coach in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization, serving in A, AA and…

Beyond Left Field with Norm: Peter Kurz

Peter Kurz is the Secretary General for the Israel Association of Baseball.  I was also just voted the First VP of CEB – the European Baseball Federation Mr. Kurz, thank you for taking the time to chat with us. Thanks for having me.  We are trying to get the message out about baseball in Israel and…

Fantasy Baseball 2nd and SS

Beyond a doubt my most difficult positions to draft are 2nd base and Short Stop. A lot of people will instantly think that the reason for this is because there isn’t a lot of depth at these two positions for offensive production but the honest answer is because I love defensive stars, especially at these…

A Month in Review: February

For the 9 Inning Empire a lot has occurred in the month of February. I (Josh) got a whole year older.  We hit 100,000 views. Most importantly though is the fact that baseball has returned. Both Norm and I were able to attend our first baseball games of the year (you can see photos here)…