Baseball Trip Ideas (Trip #1)
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…
The Mike Zunino Effect
By Josh (9 Inning Know It All): This past June, Mariners fans began hearing confirmation that the M’s were going to use the 3rd overall pick on Mike Zunino, a catcher…
30,000 View Milestone
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…
Why I Love October (Warning not 100% baseball but it is still sports related)
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…
Amazing Bat Trick
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…
Is Portland a Baseball City?
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…
Beyond the Game with Marc Gallegos: Building to the Future
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…
The Bullpen Gospels by Dirk Hayhurst (book review)
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,…
Baseball In The Northwest
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…
End of Another Northwest League 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…