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)…

Beyond Left Field with Norm: Jonathan Mayo

Jonathan Mayo is a senior writer for MLB.com. He joined Major League Baseball’s official website in April 1999 and has covered every facet of the game. He’s been to three World Series and seven All-Star Games, as well as Opening Series in Japan and Puerto Rico. In his time with MLB.com, he’s also covered the Caribbean…

Beyond Left Field with Norm: Casey Bond

Please tell us more about yourself. I was actually born in San Francisco, although I only lived there for the first year of my life.  Eventually we moved to Washington State, and then to the amazing South, where I spent most of my youth growing up in Peachtree City, Georgia (the land of the golf…

Fantasy Baseball: Catchers

In all of fantasy baseball the hardest position for me to draft is the catcher position.  So since I see it as the hardest I’m going to get it out of the way first so I can talk about fun positions later on. The problem with drafting this position is that some of the best…

100,000 Views!!! It’s Giveaway Time

It seemed like it was only a distant dream but today the 9 Inning Blog reached 100,000 unique views and to celebrate we are doing 3 giveaways. First Giveaway Are you interested in two free tickets to a game this summer? Well all you have to do is leave a comment at the end of…

My Other Home

Kelly’s Note: I wrote this when I was taking English 101 at Lower Colombia College in April 2004. Writing about baseball has always come easy and most importantly is fun. By Kelly: What can I say about a baseball diamond that will make you understand how I feel when I am on one? First, let…

5 Good Questions with Norm: Gene Hutmaker

For over fifty years, Gene Hutmaker has observed baseball from every possible vantage point – a player, coach, umpire, and most importantly a lifelong fan.  His ability to recall obscure facts and stats has earned him the moniker “The Baseball Rainman”.  He recently retired from the U.S. Postal Service after 40 years and is a…

5 Good Questions with Norm: McCovey Cove Dave

Dave Edlund is someone who most of us have never heard of. He is known as McCovey Cove Dave. Dave, thanks for taking the time. Tell us more about yourself. I started listening to the Giants radio broadcasts in 1963 and the Giants already had great broadcasters in Lon Simmons and Russ Hodges.  I was…

Why Baseball?

Josh’s Note: When I first started this blog in July 2011 I wanted it to be not only an outlet for me but to also be a way for me to promote people and baseball here in the Northwest. One of my first posts was called What Baseball Brings.  It was written at a time…