What Valentine’s Day Means to Me

By Josh (This is the one blog post I hope my wife doesn’t read) : Let’s be honest, women and men see Valentine’s Day differently.  We all know it and that isn’t much of a surprise. What many don’t think about or realize is that baseball fans see Valentine’s Day very different from everyone else.…

Hot Stove Week in Review Dec 1-6

NEWS Carlos Pena has retired from MLB. He had a 14 year career and was an All-Star in 2009 with the Rays. Pena is joining the MLB Network as a studio analyst. The Padres have hired former player Mark Kotsay as their hitting coach. He had a 13 year career last playing in 2013 with…

9 Inning Baseball Talk May 1st

It’s Wednesday and that means another edition of 9 Inning Baseball Talk. Tonight we are joined by Dr. David Dalgardno, who will talk to use about injury prevention and will go into more depth about what allows some individuals to be better equipped to pitch than others. You can listen live to the show at…

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)…

Corban University Baseball Preview

By Josh: Through this blog my team and I have been able to write about a lot of great baseball related subjects.  Most have been stories that are for the national and at times the international audience of baseball fans.  These posts include stories about current major leaguers, the Hall of Fame, interviews with individuals…