Jon, thanks for taking some time. Thanks for having me. Please tell us more about yourself. My name is Jon Davis. I live in McMinnville, Oregon and graduated in 2006 from McMinnville High School. I grew up playing baseball throughout my whole childhood with the McMinnville Parks and Recreation and also played my senior year for Mac…
By Josh R: As game one of the World Series was about to start I had one thought in my head, ‘Verlander is going to dominate the Giants early on and make a statement to start this series.’ Well a statement was made in a huge way but it wasn’t by Verlander or the Tigers. …
Over the course of the winter I am going to write up a few ideas for different baseball trips someone in the Northwest could do pretty easily. The trips will include: a Northwest League trip hitting all eight teams in the Northwest League; a Pacific Coast League trip going from Washington, to California and across…
By Josh (9 Inning Know It All): During my lunch break at work I took a few moments to check on recent baseball stories and the scores of the playoff game being played. Instantly a few things stood out to me. So here they are. Nolan Ryan’s Comments Nolan Ryan released a statement saying that…
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 Josh (9 Inning Know It All): The trade deadline is done and now the finish line begins to loom even closer. In the Northwest League two teams are in and six others are looking to fill the final two playoff spots. For the Major League clubs the race for division leaders and for wild…
During the winter, baseball fans sit around the TV watching the MLB channel hoping to hear that this off season their team pulled in that big name player that is going to shower them with World Series rings for years to come. Now things normally don’t work that easily but that doesn’t mean that the…
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