By Norm: Favorite Ballparks continued from last week… So what makes a great stadium? Sight lines? Easy access to the ball players? Promotions? Great food? I say all the above. When I first started going to Salem/Keizer Volcanoes games they had all that. Over the years they have stopped doing a lot of stuff. But,…
By Norm O: It was suggested that I write about my favorite ball parks. To be fair I haven’t been to many; mainly just ballparks here on the West Coast. I did live in El Paso, Texas for a few years when my Father was in the Army. The Diablos at that time played at Dudley Field.…
By Josh (9 Inning Know It All): With the regular season now officially over it is time for the baseball world to see just how exciting the new Wild Card format is going to be for the playoffs this year. Personally I’m pumped to see the excitement in both of the stadiums on Friday night. …
By Josh (9 Inning Know It All): With the building of the new stadium in Hillsboro, OR, a suburb of Portland, OR, the question is brought up as to whether or not Portland is a baseball city. Will the people of Portland actually come out and support a team, or has the NBA and MLS…
By Norm O: I love a good prank. I have been on the end of many and I’ve dished them out as well. So what makes a good prank? Surprise is a great start. It should be tasteful. If you know it’s going to offend your victim don’t do it. Keep it clean. No bodily fluids. It…
By Josh (9 Inning Know It All): In part one of my Arizona Fall League (AFL) mock trip I outlined what days and even what games I would attend. That for me, to be honest with you, is the easy part of planning a trip like this. The real challenge is trying to figure out…
By Josh (9 Inning Know It All): When guys talk about their glory days playing baseball they always make it sound so amazing. The grass was always green and soft, the sun always shined and opposing fans rained down compliments because of how inspired they were by that player’s greatness. That isn’t close to what…
By Josh (9 Inning Know It All): When ‘experts’ talk about baseball they often overlook the northwest. It’s always raining up in the northwest and there really isn’t a lot of good baseball up there anyways right? Wrong! I firmly believe that baseball in the northwest is the most underrated locations for America’s pastime in…
By Josh (9 Inning Know It All): With the blockbuster trade that became official this weekend people are starting to question whether or not the Dodgers are simply the Yankees of the West. To that I simply say, yes they are and it’s about time. For too many years the Dodgers, who are one of…
Well, the first half of the Northwest League is finished so it’s time for the first half all-star selection. This year was far more difficult to choose which players were my all-star picks because there wasn’t the separation between the top players at each position like there was last year. Players like Panik, Spangenburg, Murray…
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