Each year there is a debate as to who should and should not be voted into the Hall of Fame. Everyone who is connected to baseball, whether as a fan, baseball writer, player, or coach, has their opinion. Recently I discussed my thoughts about what the Hall of Fame regarding the Steroid Era, but today…
A lot of baseball fans love to debate about what are the best baseball movies of all time. We all have our different opinions but for the most part we all agree that any baseball movie is better than most of the movies that are released each month. Check out my top 10, the ones…
Every baseball fan knows that over the past ten years there has been a lot of debate about who should and should not be allowed into the Hall of Fame because of the Steroid Era. This debate has drawn a line with baseball writers, players, coaches and fans all standing on both sides of the…
Today during my lunch break at work I had the great idea of trying to make an infographic. It took me all of a second to decide on doing one for why I strongly believe baseball is great. Be aware not all facts on this are 100% proven to be true but I stand by…
Over the course of the winter I am going to write up a few ideas for different baseball trips someone in the Northwest could do pretty easily. The trips will include: a Northwest League trip hitting all eight teams in the Northwest League; a Pacific Coast League trip going from Washington, to California and across…
By Josh (9 Inning Know It All): In July of 2011 I had the idea of taking the sport that I love the most and talk about it through a blog, so that I could let others see baseball the way I see it. I wrote about the Seattle Mariners, the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes and whatever…
By Josh (9 Inning Know It All): This blog is going to be a little different than usual because it is more than just baseball. October is one of my favorite months of the year. It’s not because of the weather, I live in the northwest and once it starts raining in October it won’t…
Having been raised playing baseball and watching games since I was a baby I have found countless ways to try and entertain myself during the boring parts of games. I’ve done everything from spitting sunflower seeds into a cup, bouncing a baseball onto steps in the dugouts to try and get ‘singles’, ‘doubles’ and ‘triples’,…
By Josh (9 Inning Know It All): With the building of the new stadium in Hillsboro, OR, a suburb of Portland, OR, the question is brought up as to whether or not Portland is a baseball city. Will the people of Portland actually come out and support a team, or has the NBA and MLS…
By Josh (9 Inning Know It All): 9 Inning: Who influence you growing up in terms of playing baseball? MG: There were a couple of people. My father did a really good job of pushing baseball as a fun game instead of like a job. So he did a really good job of balancing when I…
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