Austin Yount was the Dodgers 12th round draft pick in 2008. Austin played for Stanford and his father Larry pitched in the majors. Austin is the nephew of Brewers great Robin Yount. Thanks for taking some time Austin. What are you up to these days? I am now doing investment banking in San Francisco. I…
There have been a lot of amazing personalities in the game of baseball. Yogi Berra, Bob Uecker, and Vin Scully are just a few individuals who have put their stamp on the game of baseball with the words they have used to describe the game. For baseball fans one of the most notable personalities in…
By Trevor: As a young pup (born in ’88) I got to grow up watching Ken Griffey Jr. play for the Mariners. He was drafted a year before I was born and broke into the Majors when I was 1 years old. I obviously don’t remember watching him play for my first 5 years of…
In honor of Ken Griffey Jr’s induction into the Seattle Mariner Hall of Fame a few weeks ago, the 9 Inning Crew has each written up a post talking about how Griffey impacted them as a fan. He was The Kid and in many people’s eyes, the savior of baseball in Seattle. By Josh: There…
I’m really excited to have a chance to ask Brian Hunter a few questions. Brian played all or part of nine seasons in Major League Baseball between 1991 and 2000 for the Atlanta Braves, Pittsburgh Pirates, Cincinnati Reds, Seattle Mariners, St. Louis Cardinals and Philadelphia Phillies. While he was primarily a first baseman, he also appeared in nearly 100 games as an outfielder. Your homerun in…
By Scott Sepich: As I sit in the press box scoring games each night, the public address announcer who sits to my left asks me often about different scenarios that happen during a game. To not protect his identity at all, we’ll call him “Michael.” Most of Michael’s ideas revolve around things like a rogue…
I know for the 9 Inning Know It All crew we get a little anxious at the start of each month because we want to see where we are in the MLB Fan Blog rankings. A couple months ago we slipped in the rankings, which caused the crew to really focus on getting the word…
By Kelly: Continued from The Streak Days 5-9 If there was ever any question about how I feel about baseball I hope this changes that. Over a 16 day period in July I spent every day at different ballparks between watching as a spectator, playing slow-pitch softball men’s and coed and umping slow-pitch softball. Here’s…
By Josh: When you go to a baseball game, you go to watch the players. You watch the way the pitcher winds up, and even the batting stance of each batter. Rarely do you pay attention to the umpires unless they make a bad call, or a call you disagree with, even though they are…
9 Inning Know It All Empire part 1 9 Inning Know It All Empire part 2 By Josh: Where We Are Now I can’t believe just how active the 9 Inning Empire is at this point. Along with Kelly, Norm and myself the empire has another regular writer in Trevor Winsor. Trevor played college baseball…
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