A couple months ago Norm did this interview with Dale Murphy but we wanted to re-post it not only because it was a great interview but also because we have been posting interviews this week with people connected with the World Baseball Classic. Dale Murphy is a coach for team USA. Here is a part…
Tyler LaTorre was signed as a non-drafted free agent by the Giants in 2006. Tyler, thanks for taking some time. Please tell us more about yourself. What has been the best moment of your career so far? I have had many great moments in my life because of baseball. In 2003, while playing for UC…
Nate Fish is someone that many have never heard of. As his blog “King of Jewish baseball” states, Nate is the National Executive Director for the Israel Association of Baseball, and the King of All Jewish Baseball, just your average neighborhood baseball prophet magician super-hero genius. Nate, this is quite in honor talking to you. Please,…
Ed Yong begins his fifth season with the Spokane Indians after spending 2008 as the strength and conditioning coordinator for the Chinese Olympic Baseball Team, in preparation for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics. From 2004-2007, Yong served as a minor league strength and conditioning coach in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization, serving in A, AA and…
Peter Kurz is the Secretary General for the Israel Association of Baseball. I was also just voted the First VP of CEB – the European Baseball Federation Mr. Kurz, thank you for taking the time to chat with us. Thanks for having me. We are trying to get the message out about baseball in Israel and…
Beyond a doubt my most difficult positions to draft are 2nd base and Short Stop. A lot of people will instantly think that the reason for this is because there isn’t a lot of depth at these two positions for offensive production but the honest answer is because I love defensive stars, especially at these…
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)…
9 Inning Baseball Talk (episode 16) 02/27 by 9 Inning Know It All | Blog Talk Radio. After taking a week off, forced by illness, 9 Inning Baseball Talk returns better than ever because Spring Training Games and college baseball games are occurring in full force. Tonight’s topics for Norm @tezbaseball and me @9innknowitall include…
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…
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…
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