After taking a few weeks to try to catch up on my school work, getting used to a new job, and happily announcing that I will be a dad in April, I felt it was finally time to start a series that is easily going to be one of my all time favorite topics to…
For the past few months there have been rumors that next season there will be two Wild Card teams that will make the playoffs in each league instead of the current state where one from each league makes it. To this I simply say “WHY?” The final day of the 2011 regular season is the…
For those of you who know me personally you know that writing about baseball isn’t something I do because I’m bored, but instead its something I do because of how much the game of baseball means to me. Most of the pictures of me from the ages of 4 to 15 are me with a…
There are few things more exciting for a die hard baseball fan then to stand on a professional baseball field and just enjoy the moment. For the last two summers I have been given the opportunity to do just that on an almost daily basis. Although over those two seasons I grew used to walking…
As we reach the mid point of this series I know many of you are already beginning to say things like “I would of put that job higher on the list” or “What could be worse then being the Official Scorekeeper or Video board / Score Board Operator.” Well let me tell you that the…
I must say that after the positive response I got about the Video / Score Board Operator I don’t know if I can classify it as under appreciated now. Well since I think that appreciation will only last for a short time I will leave it at number 5 on my list. Now last time…
Each week during the month of September I am going to break down a job that is often overlooked by the fans but can play a big part in either their enjoyment of the game, or impacting what occurs in the game. Now I know that there are tons of jobs in baseball like this…
There are specific days each year that I get a little bit more excited about then other days. For most people these days are birthdays, Christmas, Thanksgiving, and days similar to those. However, for me the days I enjoy the most are opening day of baseball, the first day of spring training, the home run…
All my life I have loved the game of baseball and as I have gotten older I have tried to do different things to keep connected to the game I love. Growing up it was easy because every summer I was always on a team and could play baseball day in and day out. However,…
For a few months now the city of Vancouver, WA has been discussing the idea of building a baseball stadium so that the Yakima Bears can relocate to the Vancouver / Portland area. This has caused a great deal of excitement for me because I was born and raised in southwest Washington and I know…
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