For over fifty years, Gene Hutmaker has observed baseball from every possible vantage point – a player, coach, umpire, and most importantly a lifelong fan. His ability to recall obscure facts and stats has earned him the moniker “The Baseball Rainman”. He recently retired from the U.S. Postal Service after 40 years and is a…
Dave Edlund is someone who most of us have never heard of. He is known as McCovey Cove Dave. Dave, thanks for taking the time. Tell us more about yourself. I started listening to the Giants radio broadcasts in 1963 and the Giants already had great broadcasters in Lon Simmons and Russ Hodges. I was…
Josh’s Note: When I first started this blog in July 2011 I wanted it to be not only an outlet for me but to also be a way for me to promote people and baseball here in the Northwest. One of my first posts was called What Baseball Brings. It was written at a time…
Josh’s Note: With all of the advances in technology you would think that interviews with baseball players dealing with the history of the game would be more common. However, it seems in our modern age history is often overlooked. That is why I am so excited to be able to share this and other amazing…
One of the first major goals that I listed for this blog a few month ago was to reach 100,000 views. After looking at how many views we were getting I projected that the blog would hit this goal at some time in July. However, things have changed in a great way. With the addition…
9 Inning Baseball Talk (Episode 15) 02/13 by 9 Inning Know It All | Blog Talk Radio. On tonight’s episode of 9 Inning Baseball Talk Norm @tezbaseball and myself @9innknowitall will talk about the opening of spring training, our first baseball game of the year and more baseball of course. Don’t forget to follow on…
Mitch Canham was a #1 draft pick by the San Diego Padres in the 2007 MLB June amateur draft. Thanks for taking some time Mitch. Please tell us more about yourself. You won two NCAA National Championships while playing at Oregon State. What was playing in Omaha like? It would take days to write about the full…
Ben Petrick was drafted by the Colorado Rockies in the second round of the 1995 draft. Ben was rated one of the top 100 prospects in baseball between 1997-1999. Ben suffers from Parkinson’s Disease. Ben, thanks for taking some time for us. I know this is normally 5 questions with Norm, but I would like to…
By Josh: Caution: Before you read this please realize that although fantasy baseball is just a game I, like many others, play to win. This means I strategize to win. If you are a casual fantasy baseball player this might be a little more strategy than you would use but maybe my advice can still…
In case you have been without television, internet, or away from any baseball fans for the past couple of weeks, today is an amazing day. Today Spring Training has officially begun and pitchers, catchers and rehabilitating players can report to their team’s camps. Today may not be the first day of spring, but it is…
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