Beyond Left Field with Norm: Peter Kurz

Peter Kurz is the Secretary General for the Israel Association of Baseball.  I was also just voted the First VP of CEB – the European Baseball Federation Mr. Kurz, thank you for taking the time to chat with us. Thanks for having me.  We are trying to get the message out about baseball in Israel and…

Fantasy Baseball 2nd and SS

Beyond a doubt my most difficult positions to draft are 2nd base and Short Stop. A lot of people will instantly think that the reason for this is because there isn’t a lot of depth at these two positions for offensive production but the honest answer is because I love defensive stars, especially at these…

A Month in Review: February

For the 9 Inning Empire a lot has occurred in the month of February. I (Josh) got a whole year older.  We hit 100,000 views. Most importantly though is the fact that baseball has returned. Both Norm and I were able to attend our first baseball games of the year (you can see photos here)…

Fantasy Baseball 1st and 3rd Base

By Josh: Are you looking for power for you fantasy team? There are two positions that you should really focus your attention if you want some great home run numbers. 1st base and 3rd base have been known for putting up power numbers and for good reason. With guys like Votto, Pujols and Fielder at…

Beyond Left Field with Norm: Jonathan Mayo

Jonathan Mayo is a senior writer for MLB.com. He joined Major League Baseball’s official website in April 1999 and has covered every facet of the game. He’s been to three World Series and seven All-Star Games, as well as Opening Series in Japan and Puerto Rico. In his time with MLB.com, he’s also covered the Caribbean…

Beyond Left Field with Norm: Casey Bond

Please tell us more about yourself. I was actually born in San Francisco, although I only lived there for the first year of my life.  Eventually we moved to Washington State, and then to the amazing South, where I spent most of my youth growing up in Peachtree City, Georgia (the land of the golf…

Fantasy Baseball: Catchers

In all of fantasy baseball the hardest position for me to draft is the catcher position.  So since I see it as the hardest I’m going to get it out of the way first so I can talk about fun positions later on. The problem with drafting this position is that some of the best…

100,000 Views!!! It’s Giveaway Time

It seemed like it was only a distant dream but today the 9 Inning Blog reached 100,000 unique views and to celebrate we are doing 3 giveaways. First Giveaway Are you interested in two free tickets to a game this summer? Well all you have to do is leave a comment at the end of…

My Other Home

Kelly’s Note: I wrote this when I was taking English 101 at Lower Colombia College in April 2004. Writing about baseball has always come easy and most importantly is fun. By Kelly: What can I say about a baseball diamond that will make you understand how I feel when I am on one? First, let…