“I am excited to introduce the first of my guest bloggers. Norm has just about seen it all when it comes to baseball. He has worked in the clubhouse of a minor league baseball team, umpired and much more that you can check out on the About The Authors Page. Norm is a fellow autographer…
By Josh (9 Inning Know It All): Previously I’ve talked about my suggestions as to where people should go during spring training and I plan on doing a mock up of what my 2013 spring training trip would look like if I was going, which I’m not. I do have a 2014 trip planned. However,…
By Josh (9 Inning Know It All): When guys talk about their glory days playing baseball they always make it sound so amazing. The grass was always green and soft, the sun always shined and opposing fans rained down compliments because of how inspired they were by that player’s greatness. That isn’t close to what…
By Josh (9 Inning Know It All): When ‘experts’ talk about baseball they often overlook the northwest. It’s always raining up in the northwest and there really isn’t a lot of good baseball up there anyways right? Wrong! I firmly believe that baseball in the northwest is the most underrated locations for America’s pastime in…
For all the players, players families, host families and fans I have posted the pictures from the final series and the host family photos on these two pages. You can either copy and paste the links or you can click on the links on the right side of the page. Final Day of the Season…
By Josh (9 Inning Know It All): Saturday night marked the end of my third season volunteering with the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes, the short-season Single A affiliate of the San Fransisco Giants. The conclusion of the season means a few things for me. First is that I suddenly have a lot of time in the evenings…
By Josh (9 Inning Know It All): With the blockbuster trade that became official this weekend people are starting to question whether or not the Dodgers are simply the Yankees of the West. To that I simply say, yes they are and it’s about time. For too many years the Dodgers, who are one of…
By Josh (9 Inning Know It All): Yesterday was a day of mixed emotions for the Volcanoes organization. During batting practice Chris Stratton, the 2012 first round pick for the Giants, was injured in a freak accident. While reaching to pick up a ball off the ground he was struck in the head by a…
By Josh (9 Inning Know It All): With only 11 games left in the Northwest League season for each of the teams still in the playoff race things are getting much clearer. For the Vancouver Canadians their magic number is 10 over the Eugene Emeralds and for the Boise Hawks their magic number is only…
By Josh (9 Inning Know It All): Earlier this year I was able to sit down and catch the final 7 innings of the Philip Humber perfect game against the Mariners. I was both excited to watch a perfect game and saddened as it came against my favorite team. Then came June 8th, when I…
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