By Guest Writer Wayne McBrayer: At the age of 6, I walked into San Diego Stadium to watch the Pittsburgh Pirates play the San Diego Padres in 1972. My very first memory wasn’t the great Roberto Clemente making a great throw from right field or Clay Kirby throwing fastball with high velocity, it was fans…
Guest Writer Daniel Foote: The crack of the bat, the roar of the crowd, the different smells of the ball park are all things that bring back memories of my childhood. Baseball has been such a large part of my life and a part of me that my first memory in life is being at…
By Guest Writer Dennis Gronau: Born & raised in Portland, Oregon means not many chances to attend Baseball games. At the young age of 7 I started watching WGN & fell in love with the Chicago Cubs. Watching Harry Carey & Steve Stone broadcasting the games to my living room made it that much more…
(Kelly’s Thoughts) Everyone here in the Pacific Northwest knows that Edgar Martinez belongs in the Hall of Fame. Will he ever get there I don’t know but I asked a friend of mine who is a big supporter of Edgar to write a little something on why he thinks he is a Hall of Famer. By Aaron…
Former MLB pitcher Orel Hershiser’s move to poker Guest Blogger Despite the big difference in their physical activity levels, baseball and poker are actually two sports that have many things in common. Both games have extended periods of inactivity before the onset of intense action. Position matters a lot in both sports, as this dictates…
By Jonesy: In this edition of “At Bat with Jonesy” I wanted to write about a few topics Mashiro Tanaka , OSU’s dominance of Oregon this past weekend, my thoughts on the use of pine tar for pitchers, two unbelievable college plays by George Fox and an update on my son’s baseball team. First off…
By Scott B: One of the biggest aspects of being a sports fan is the debate that comes along with it. Debate (and arguing on the Internet) about players, teams, or the games themselves, takes up far more time amongst fans than the actual games do. One major thread of debate amongst fans is officiating,…
Written by Mark N. McCann: Baseball isn’t a financial institution created to fleece the rubes, separating them from their hard-earned compensation. Baseball was once a game. A game played by small-town men on humid summer afternoons after a full day spent in the fields guiding tons of animal flesh along corridors of cultivated products destined…
By Jonesy: So I have been racking my brain as to what topic I wanted to write about for my next article and it hit me today. I want to write about the excitement surrounding the 2014 season and my personal excitements about the game as well. First of all I am excited about my…
Guest Writer Josh Jones Baseball means numerous things to me and my passion for the game has evolved as I have been getting older. My passion for the game as a child has to stem from being introduced to it by my idol, which is my father. Every kid loves to be able to play…
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