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…
By Norm O: I love a good prank. I have been on the end of many and I’ve dished them out as well. So what makes a good prank? Surprise is a great start. It should be tasteful. If you know it’s going to offend your victim don’t do it. Keep it clean. No bodily fluids. It…
By Josh (9 Inning Know It All): 9 Inning: Who influence you growing up in terms of playing baseball? MG: There were a couple of people. My father did a really good job of pushing baseball as a fun game instead of like a job. So he did a really good job of balancing when I…
By Josh (9 Inning Know It All): In part one of my Arizona Fall League (AFL) mock trip I outlined what days and even what games I would attend. That for me, to be honest with you, is the easy part of planning a trip like this. The real challenge is trying to figure out…
“I am excited to introduce the first of my guest bloggers. Norm has just about seen it all when it comes to baseball. He has worked in the clubhouse of a minor league baseball team, umpired and much more that you can check out on the About The Authors Page. Norm is a fellow autographer…
By Josh (9 Inning Know It All): Previously I’ve talked about my suggestions as to where people should go during spring training and I plan on doing a mock up of what my 2013 spring training trip would look like if I was going, which I’m not. I do have a 2014 trip planned. However,…
By Josh (9 Inning Know It All): When guys talk about their glory days playing baseball they always make it sound so amazing. The grass was always green and soft, the sun always shined and opposing fans rained down compliments because of how inspired they were by that player’s greatness. That isn’t close to what…
By Josh (9 Inning Know It All): When ‘experts’ talk about baseball they often overlook the northwest. It’s always raining up in the northwest and there really isn’t a lot of good baseball up there anyways right? Wrong! I firmly believe that baseball in the northwest is the most underrated locations for America’s pastime in…
For all the players, players families, host families and fans I have posted the pictures from the final series and the host family photos on these two pages. You can either copy and paste the links or you can click on the links on the right side of the page. Final Day of the Season…
By Josh (9 Inning Know It All): Saturday night marked the end of my third season volunteering with the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes, the short-season Single A affiliate of the San Fransisco Giants. The conclusion of the season means a few things for me. First is that I suddenly have a lot of time in the evenings…
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