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 include: a Northwest League trip hitting all eight teams in the Northwest League; a Pacific Coast League trip going from Washington, to California and across…
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 from the University of Florida. Many fans thought, “Oh great another pick used on a catcher.” A lot of fans remembered a previously 3rd overall pick…
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 blog, so that I could let others see baseball the way I see it. I wrote about the Seattle Mariners, the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes and whatever…
By Norm: Favorite Ballparks continued from last week… So what makes a great stadium? Sight lines? Easy access to the ball players? Promotions? Great food? I say all the above. When I first started going to Salem/Keizer Volcanoes games they had all that. Over the years they have stopped doing a lot of stuff. But,…
By Josh (9 Inning Know It All): During my lunch break at work I took a few moments to check on recent baseball stories and the scores of the playoff game being played. Instantly a few things stood out to me. So here they are. Nolan Ryan’s Comments Nolan Ryan released a statement saying that…
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 favorite months of the year. It’s not because of the weather, I live in the northwest and once it starts raining in October it won’t…
By Norm O: It was suggested that I write about my favorite ball parks. To be fair I haven’t been to many; mainly just ballparks here on the West Coast. I did live in El Paso, Texas for a few years when my Father was in the Army. The Diablos at that time played at Dudley Field.…
By Josh (9 Inning Know It All): With the regular season now officially over it is time for the baseball world to see just how exciting the new Wild Card format is going to be for the playoffs this year. Personally I’m pumped to see the excitement in both of the stadiums on Friday night. …
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 done everything from spitting sunflower seeds into a cup, bouncing a baseball onto steps in the dugouts to try and get ‘singles’, ‘doubles’ and ‘triples’,…
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 or not Portland is a baseball city. Will the people of Portland actually come out and support a team, or has the NBA and MLS…
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