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…
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…
Let’s be honest. No one wants to be around someone with a cold or the flu because if they are contagious you don’t want to get what they have. The same goes for teams that lose all of the time. Yes, there are always those diehard fans that will sit in the room with the…
By Josh: Growing up a baseball fan I would often dream of having my name announced on the PA system of a Major League ball park. This is pretty common for most young boys who play the game of baseball. The dream of being announced often comes in an imaginary game 7 of the World…
As the summer comes closer the 9 Inning crew has been brainstorming how we want to approach the next couple of months. We’ve talked about what teams we want to focus on, what topics we want to discuss on the radio show, and we have discussed other ways we can bring baseball to as many…
I have always seen sports as a way for both athletes and fans alike to escape the problems of the world even just for a few hours to smile, cheer, and think about the better things in life. I think it is for this reason the Boston Marathon bombings have impacted me a little more…
As I walked into the movie theater on Friday night I wasn’t sure what to expect. I didn’t know if I was going to see a glamorized version of one of the most important stories in baseball and American history, or if I was going to see something that I could believe touched on a…
By Josh: I have been lucky in my life to compete against and with a lot of amazing athletes. Some were standouts in high school, some went on to play baseball in college and a few have even played professionally. I’ve even had the amazing privilege of interacting with and even building friendships with guys…
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