By Josh: 1. In your senior year of high school you were rated as one of the top prospects in the nation for the MLB draft. Did you feel any additional pressure to perform your senior year? How did you approach your final year in high school? As I began my senior year I understood…
By Scott: By definition, the official scorer is the only person at a professional baseball game other than the umpires who must be completely and utterly unbiased, according to the rules of the game. And while it’s entirely true that I’m impartial when scoring games, too much of my time on the job is spent…
My wife and I started going to Mariner’s Fan Fest in 2004 before we even had any kids. Now we have 3 daughters Gracie (has been to 8 fan fests), Malia (has been to 5), and Avery (has been to 2). It’s one of our favorite weekends of the year. The reason we started going…
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/9inningknowitall/2013/01/31/9-inning-baseball-talk-lucky-13 Listen live Wednesday January 30th at 8:30 pm pacific standard time or after the show listen to it as a podcast. On tonight’s episode of 9 Inning Baseball Talk Norm @tezbaseball and myself @9innknowitall will talk a few seconds on the recent PED news (Very little don’t worry we get tired of it too).…
An introduction, some background, and looking forward to metal bat baseball Good morning (and an even earlier good morning to the Pacific Northwest brethren of 9 Inning Know it All). This is my introductory post to contributing with Josh and Norm, and I look forward to interacting with some of you through their blog. As…
By Josh: I’m a baseball junkie. I know it, my wife knows it, my daughter will learn it soon enough and I’m pretty sure those of you that read this blog have figured it out as well. I love going to games, collecting baseball cards, getting autographs and even just sitting down to talk baseball. …
By Josh: A few years ago I started taking trips to Seattle to just watch an entire series of the Mariners. A few times I would have a retreat all by myself and other times my wife and I would have little mini vacations doing this. I quickly discovered that one day of baseball doesn’t…
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/9inningknowitall/2013/01/24/9-inning-baseball-talk-episode-11 On tonight’s episode of 9 Inning Baseball Talk Norm @tezbaseball and myself @9innknowitall will talk about the passing of two baseball icons, Earl Weaver and Stan Musial. We will also look at the new Jackie Robinson movie ‘42’ that is scheduled to come out in April. Also Norm and I will announce a giveaway…
The honor of being my first interview, but not first posted, is my good friend Joe Miglioretto or “Mig” as we affectionately call him. Mig is the Video Coordinator for the San Francisco Giants in Salem/Keizer. Norm: Mig, first of all thanks for allowing me to ask you a few questions. Please tell us a little more…
By Josh: A common ice breaker question I have heard over and over again is ‘if you could meet anyone in history who would it be and why?’ Instantly my mind goes to men like Abraham Lincoln, Joshua (from the Bible and whom I’m named after), and Martin Luther King Jr. For me though, I…
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