Guest Writer Daniel Foote: The crack of the bat, the roar of the crowd, the different smells of the ball park are all things that bring back memories of my childhood. Baseball has been such a large part of my life and a part of me that my first memory in life is being at…
With the Holidays and New Year’s over let’s hope the Hot Stove starts to heat up again. Still a few big free agents left in Max Scherzer and James Shields. Also a few teams still have an overabundance of outfielders and will need to make trades, Padres and Red Sox, just to need a few.…
I joined the IBWAA in October of this year and was extremely excited to vote for the Hall of Fame. As a baseball fan I have always had my picks to who I thought should be voted in but they never counted towards anything, until this year. I took this honor very seriously and here’s…
2014 was full of changes for the 9 Inning Know It All crew. Josh moved back to his hometown of Longview, WA, Norm got married, and Kelly…well he has 3 daughters so crazy is a better word to describe his year. Through it all we have enjoyed sharing our thoughts about baseball with everyone. Check…
I hope everyone had a great Holiday season and a Merry Christmas. With New Year right around the corner Pitchers and Catchers begin reporting February 18th. Teams still have a lot of work to do with January and February beginning where teams add depth and many important pieces. Here’s to your team adding the player…
NEWS LaTroy Hawkins of the Rockies announced on the MLB Network that the 2015 season will be his last. It will be his 21st season in the show. He played with 10 different teams spending a majority of his career with the Twins. Jon Lester of the Cubs picked to wear #34 because he is…
9 Inning Baseball Talk MLB Winter Meetings Recap Show Were you hoping for some action at this year’s MLB winter meetings? Well you then you should be happy because there were dozens of moves that happened and many of them involving big name players. Monday night Josh and Kelly looked at which Chicago team improved…
NEWS The 2015 Winter Meetings will be in Nashville and in 2016 they will be in Washington D.C. TRANSACTIONS The Dodgers signed free agent RHP Brandon McCarthy to a 4 year/$48 million contract. The Angels acquired INF Josh Rutledge from the Rockies. The Rockies received PHP Jairo Diaz. The Padres acquired OF Matt Kemp, C…
NEWS They announced this year’s winner of the Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in baseball broadcasting and the winner is Dick Enberg of the San Diego Padres. He worked with the Angels from 1969-1978 and has been with the Padres since 2010. The Texas Rangers have placed Seattle Seahawks QB Russell Wilson on their…
NEWS The MLB Hall of Fame is considering expanding max votes per ballot from 10 to 12. Carlos Martinez of the Cardinals will wear #18 next year to honor good friend and former teammate Oscar Taveras who died in a car accident in October. The Rays have reached a deal with St. Petersburg that will…
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