By Josh: The Beginning Most people don’t realize the truth behind what sparked me to start the 9 Inning Empire. Although I love baseball and do enjoy writing my thoughts, the real reason was to prove that I could effectively do social media and blogging better than another individual. This person’s level of ineffectiveness and…
For the past couple of years I have tried to take more photographs at baseball games. I do this for two reasons. First, because at times I have been fortunate enough to catch some great moments for individual players and have gotten the opportunity to share those moments with the players. Second, because I have…
By Josh (9 Inning Know It All): In July of 2011 I had the idea of taking the sport that I love the most and talk about it through a blog, so that I could let others see baseball the way I see it. I wrote about the Seattle Mariners, the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes and whatever…
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): Yesterday was a day of mixed emotions for the Volcanoes organization. During batting practice Chris Stratton, the 2012 first round pick for the Giants, was injured in a freak accident. While reaching to pick up a ball off the ground he was struck in the head by a…
So what if Stratton only threw 29 pitches because he was on a pitch count. Who cares if he only went 2 innings giving up a “welcome to the pros newbie” home run. He was still throwing in the low 90’s and he actually looked pretty good. So with that being said I’m excited to…
It is finally here, the start of the Northwest League. For the next two and half months, eight teams full of young men will strive to not only win the league championship but to also show off their talent in an attempt to earn a promotion to the next level. Every player will give it…
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