By Josh: It used to be that the phrase Manny being Manny would draw a smile and a laugh from baseball fans. Manny Ramirez was a great but very unusual baseball player. His antics were the talk of all of baseball for a time. However, now the term Manny being Manny brings on a negative…
For a while the 9 Inning Know It All group has been selling shirts to help get the word out about who we are and to draw more baseball fans attention. Today we start a special sale on pink shirts that we want to use to help raise awareness about breast cancer. Most if not…
By Josh: Recently Kelly raised the question ‘if every team were to have a Mt Rushmore, who would make it for each franchise?’ He began raising the question on the 9 Inning Know It All Facebook page, starting in alphabetical order with the Arizona Diamondbacks, to see who the 9 Inning Know It All Empire…
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 Josh R: The sports world has been dominated by news of what Donald Sterling said to his girlfriend (not his wife even though he is married) about African Americans. Now I know that Sterling is an owner of an NBA team and this is a baseball blog, but there are some topics that transcend…
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,…
By Trevor: Okay so we are about a month into the young season and we have already seen what the “mighty REPLAY” can do. And honestly, it can be very helpful. I’ve seen more than a few questionable calls made in the right. But truthfully, there are still some issues with the replay system. I…
Carl Erskine is a former right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the Brooklyn and Los Angeles Dodgers from 1948 through 1959. He was a pitching mainstay on Dodger teams which won five National League pennants, peaking with a 1953 season in which he won 20 games and set…
By Josh: It seems like this post has been a long time coming but here it is. We have reached 400 posts and we are all so excited that we have so many people following the 9 Inning Know It All Empire either by email, twitter or our Facebook page. The team members for the…
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