Beyond Left Field with Norm: Brian Hunter

I’m really excited to have a chance to ask Brian Hunter a few questions. Brian played all or part of nine seasons in Major League Baseball between 1991 and 2000 for the Atlanta Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, Seattle Mariners, St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies. While he was primarily a first baseman, he also appeared in nearly 100 games as an outfielder.   Your homerun in…

Corvallis Knights your 2013 WCL Champions

By Josh: At any level of baseball, winning a championship is an amazing feeling and accomplishment. Winning a championship on your home field, in front of your own fans is almost magical. On Monday night the Corvallis Knights won the West Coast League Championship on their home field, in front of their home fans. All…

The Sacrifice Fly

By Scott Sepich: As I sit in the press box scoring games each night, the public address announcer who sits to my left asks me often about different scenarios that happen during a game. To not protect his identity at all, we’ll call him “Michael.” Most of Michael’s ideas revolve around things like a rogue…

Beyond Left Field with Norm: Spyder Webb

Spyder Webb has the best name in the game. He’s also one of the best trainers in the game. Spyder spent 34 years as the trainer in the Mariners organization all in the Northwest League. He was also the head trainer at Francis Marion University where he retired last year.  Spyder, thanks for taking time. Please tell…

The Rankings Are Out

I know for the 9 Inning Know It All crew we get a little anxious at the start of each month because we want to see where we are in the MLB Fan Blog rankings.  A couple months ago we slipped in the rankings, which caused the crew to really focus on getting the word…

The Streak: Days 10 & 11

By Kelly: Continued from The Streak Days 5-9 If there was ever any question about how I feel about baseball I hope this changes that. Over a 16 day period in July I spent every day at different ballparks between watching as a spectator, playing slow-pitch softball men’s and coed and umping slow-pitch softball. Here’s…